Why don't we say 'Great Britain' or 'Britain'?
The correct name of our country is 'Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. It is not 'UK' or 'United Kingdom'. That just describes the constitutional status. So why don't we use the correct name?
You could argue it's a very long name, being of 9 syllables (though can sound like 8 if 'Ireland' said quickly). Well so's this one: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That's 8 syllables long, but I bet an inhabitant of that country just says 'Saint Vincent' for short, even if that means excluding the Grenadines people. So why can't we say 'Great Britain' or 'Britain'? What's the problem?
The correct name is actually the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island'.
Or the " You knighted Kingdom and North Herne Island. "?Originally Posted by owen25
This is England and .....
So when someone says your full name do you insist on being called 'mister' as well?
I say the British united kingdom and so does the number plate on my car ...it says GB .......all capitals
I ALWAYS say Britain. This was always the more popualr name until the BBC began to promote Uk because its less meaningful, less historic, and ha sno associated ethnic group - as in Britain is homeland of the British, but who is UK home to? Thats right, any old Tomski, Mo or Hari who washed up on our shores.
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You do raise a good point. UK is a name, but Great Britain makes Scotland and Wales just as present as England, which is good....but then people in N. Ireland might get upset over it?
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historic reason ! a bit boring !You do raise a good point. UK is a name, but Great Britain makes Scotland and Wales just as present as England, which is good....but then people in N. Ireland might get upset over it?
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Peter Hitchens recently wrote an article about how he detests that this country is constantly referred to as the "U.K".
So back to the West Indian example. Would people say they're from 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' or just 'Saint Vincent'. I'll bet it's the latter. And there's a greater proportion of Grenadines people to offend compared with Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
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