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ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-26-2009, 06:57 PM

Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. Came into existence sometime in the early 1700s, and was then superceded by The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - or United Kingdom, or UK, for short. That came into being in the early 1800s.

I could google and the exact dates...

As an aside, Ireland is technically two countries as Northern Ireland is part of the UK and the Republic of Ireland/Eire is a completely politically (although obviously not physcially) separate country. Many people confusingly tend to use Ireland to refer the Republic of Ireland as well as the island...

01-26-2009, 06:57 PM	#102
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. Came into existence sometime in the early 1700s, and was then superceded by The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - or United Kingdom, or UK, for short. That came into being in the early 1800s. I could google and the exact dates... As an aside, Ireland is technically two countries as Northern Ireland is part of the UK and the Republic of Ireland/Eire is a completely politically (although obviously not physcially) separate country. Many people confusingly tend to use Ireland to refer the Republic of Ireland as well as the island... Last edited by ShortNCuddlyAm; 01-26-2009 at 07:01 PM. Reason: Adding aside