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Jan 26, 2007 | 01:22 PM

ricardo_wrx

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From: West Mids, Notts & Lincs

GB or UK?

At what point did we become the United Kingdom?? Im sure years ago we were Great Britain, but now days we are refered to as the UK and not GB.

Is this the influence of the USA and there ability to abbreviate names?

Jan 26, 2007 | 01:23 PM

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The Act of Union in 1800 might have had something to do with it

Jan 26, 2007 | 01:25 PM

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If I remember right its the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland........so UK includes NI and GB is only England, Wales and Scotland.

Midlife.....

Jan 26, 2007 | 01:26 PM

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From: West Mids, Notts & Lincs

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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI

The Act of Union in 1800 might have had something to do with it

Why what happened at 6pm?

Jan 26, 2007 | 01:40 PM

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Neither. If anyone asks me my nationality I say English.

Jan 26, 2007 | 01:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Midlife......

If I remember right its the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland........so UK includes NI and GB is only England, Wales and Scotland.

Midlife.....

If His Royal Tonyness get his way the UK and or GB will just be England.

Windyboy

Jan 26, 2007 | 01:51 PM

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From: Tellins, Home of Super Leagues finest, and where a "split" is not all it seems.

GB for me

I always preferred Garlic Bread to Umbrella Keys

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Jan 26, 2007 | 01:56 PM

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The British empire

Jan 26, 2007 | 02:10 PM

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The act of union 1707 created The Kingdom of Great Britain. "GB"
The act of union 1800 created The United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland) "UK". So as "UK" is more modern should that be the one to use?

Jan 26, 2007 | 02:12 PM

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Both pile of ****.....

FREEDOM

Jan 26, 2007 | 02:44 PM

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From: same time, different place

What's that in Aramaic?

Jan 26, 2007 | 02:54 PM

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[quote=ricardo_wrx;6592045]At what point did we become the United Kingdom?? [quote]

When we stopped becoming so Great.

Jan 26, 2007 | 03:23 PM

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We are part of the UK but not Great Britain.

Can I throw British Isles in to the hat! (Geographically rather than politically)

Jan 26, 2007 | 03:27 PM

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What's that in Aramaic?

LOL @ Brendan

Jan 26, 2007 | 05:16 PM

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I prefer UK, like mentioned above, what's 'Great' about Britain at the moment?

Jan 26, 2007 | 08:46 PM

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GB - cause thats what we should be..... 'Great!'

UK - sound too politically correct now. F-that!

Jan 26, 2007 | 08:53 PM

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Great Britain ! (We can always pretend). And the Americans will keep calling us "Great Britain" up until the day we don't do exactly what they want. Then we'll be part of "Old Europe".

Jan 27, 2007 | 12:52 PM

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I just hope that we remain a united kingdom.

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Jan 27, 2007 | 01:01 PM

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We still got the GBP Though
GREAT BRITISH POUNDS

KIP

Jan 27, 2007 | 01:04 PM

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Just to clarify the only reason "Great" is used in GB is to signify that it is the larger of the British Isles and to separate it geographically from "Brittany"

In fact it probably derives from the French anyway, Bretagne and Grande Bretagne.

Jan 27, 2007 | 01:09 PM

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i assure you, we couldent care less......an last time i looked in my garage, my licence plate still says GB

Jan 27, 2007 | 01:21 PM

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tbh i'm not picky enough to see the difference, i live in england, which is part of the uk, so therefore i live in the uk as well. does it realy matter?

Jan 27, 2007 | 01:38 PM

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Neither. If anyone asks me my nationality I say English.

to true

Jan 27, 2007 | 02:35 PM

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I am English. And by god this causes problems on forms etc !! I must be British !

Jan 27, 2007 | 03:29 PM

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I am English. And by god this causes problems on forms etc !! I must be British !

Can't all be perfect I suppose, eh ?

Jan 27, 2007 | 03:40 PM

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well I am close.... not been scottish or welsh gives me a head start in life

Jan 27, 2007 | 03:43 PM

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well I am close.... not been scottish or welsh gives me a head start in life

Not a bad comeback me old Seafarer !

Jan 27, 2007 | 03:48 PM

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WELSH!

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Jan 27, 2007 | 07:15 PM

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UK or GB

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Jan 27, 2007 | 07:26 PM

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Great Britain died out in the 50's when the asian invasion started.

At the moment its uk

10 years there will be a new name a name to please all the ethnics......islamic republic of the united kingdom "iruk"?

the union flag will have the moon and star slap bang in the middle of it.

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