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Originally Posted by Peakcrew
Thanks, Peter. That is fun, and I did know the information before. My point was more along the lines of when did the move from refering to this corner of Europe as "[Great] Britain" and move towards "UK", and who drove it? No doubt the information is out there somewhere, but I'll just accept it for now.
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Don't know the dates exactly but "Great Britain" is essentially England, Scotland and Wales, the "United Kingdom" also includes Northern Ireland. "GB" is essentially a geographic grouping whilst "UK" is a political one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_kingdom gives a better explanation.
BobC