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Originally Posted by mjhudston
Regardless of which one of us is correct, neither would explain how the USPS can make an abbreviation of GB mean United Kingdom.
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Because GB is the official two-letter abbreviation for "The United Kingdom of Great Briatin and Northern Ireland"?
If Northern Ireland decided to leave the UK and join Ireland, I would not suddenly find myself living in "Great Britain". I'd then be in "The United Kingdom of Great Britain".
Only if the Scots decided to go their own way would I no longer be living in the UK. Then I'd probably be living in "The Kingdom of England and Wales". Until and unless the Welsh wanted independence too...