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Originally Posted by HansTWN
In Europe I ran into the opposite, once I was in England and people talked about "Great Britain and Europe".
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The most notable example of that, I think, is the Ryder Cup golf competition.
It used to be 'Great Britain and Ireland' vs the USA.
But GB&I hardly ever won, and their repeated failures were bringing the competition into disrepute. So it was decided to widen the team to include the rest of Europe.
The team was then often referred to as 'Great Britain and Europe' (I think as a marketing ploy to keep up interest in GB) - but now I think most people say the Ryder Cup is between Europe and the USA.
Edit: Oops, a post about golf and I forgot to add the obligatory, and intensely annoying, "
GET IN THE HOLE!!"