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Originally Posted by Jaggy001
Most people will refer to it as the 'UK" although the country sticker is 'GB'. Also, people will refer to themselves as 'British' (yep, including many in N. Ireland) rather than 'UKish'. No real reason why people use one or the other. Its more force of habit than anything else.
Of course, an Englishman may refer to his home country as England, Britain, the UK, GB. I was just commenting that I personally heard 'Great Britain' a lot more in the past, in things like the Olympics. Maybe Britain now wants to promote the more official United Kingdom (of GB and NI) as a name?
Of course no one refers to themselves as 'UKish' or 'USAian' .
Of course, an Englishman may refer to his home country as England, Britain, the UK, GB. I was just commenting that I personally heard 'Great Britain' a lot more in the past, in things like the Olympics. Maybe Britain now wants to promote the more official United Kingdom (of GB and NI) as a name?
Of course no one refers to themselves as 'UKish' or 'USAian' .
'Britain' and 'British' don't exclude Northern Ireland in the way 'Great Britain' does, since 'Britain' is considered to be the name of a sovereign state (a shortening of 'UKoGBaNI'), whereas 'Great Britain' is the name of the most populous island in that state.
United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.
British sovereignty/administration = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland + the 14 British overseas territories.
Realm of the United Kingdom (the entire area in which the Queen in right of the UK is the head of state) = all of the above + the Isle of Man & the Channel Islands states of Jersey and Guernsey.
...Realm of the United Kingdom (the entire area in which the Queen in right of the UK is the head of state) = all of the above + the Isle of Man & the Channel Islands states of Jersey and Guernsey.
Am I correct?
Well Canada's head of state is still the Queen, however Canada is not in the realm of the United Kingdom. Do you mean perhaps Commonwealth countries?
Wasn't it always Great Britain in the older days? I never heard "India was a colony of the UK", it was always "colony of Britain". Similarly, it is GB in the Olympics too.
Canada is a Commonwealth realm, as it's one of the 16 countries that still use the British Crown as it's head of state.
I knew it was a Commonwealth country - had never in all my years in Canada even heard the term Commonwealth realm - I guess you learn something new every day!
I knew it was a Commonwealth country - had never in all my years in Canada even heard the term Commonwealth realm - I guess you learn something new every day!
It's a way of distinguishing countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc... from the rest of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth has 54 nations, which can be divided into four groups; Republics, Realms/Dominions, Crown Dependancies and Overseas Territories.
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