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Originally Posted by mjhudston
There is an education issue here, as there is a distinct difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain.
Great Britain (GB) = England, Wales and Scotland
United Kingdom (UK) = England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Exactly. I'm partially of Irish ancestry and always wonder about what my (distant) cousins in Northern Ireland think about that sort of thing. In the Olympics, for example, they are "GBR".