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GB is the more neutral term, UK is pushed by the Conservatives and nationalists/royalists
by mrcartmeneses 4y ago
GB is the more neutral term, UK is pushed by the Conservatives and nationalists/royalists
- jinder 4y agoGB is not more neutral - it excludes Northern Ireland, which is a part of the UK.
- jfk13 4y agoAside from any such associations, they mean different things. People often use the terms imprecisely, but (for example) if Scotland were to leave the United Kingdom, it'd still be part of the island of Great Britain.
- etothepii 4y agoGB is not "more neutral". Great Britain is the name of the post 1707 Union of England and Scotland. It's not neutral if you are a member of the Unionist community in Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is the name used by the country at the UN but is, of course, not neutral if one is a member of the Nationalist community in Northern Ireland. No one uses .co.gb domains.
- mlyle 4y agoHere .... en-ie and en-gb are different things, because the Irish English dialect is a bit more distant from British English than the Scottish one. Whereas .uk is a country code representing a specific political entity.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoIt doesn't seem very neutral to go around demanding others call you great. Yes I know.. that's not how the word is meant in this context...