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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
06-Nov-09 - 05:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit

Northern Ireland became an entity in 1921, so "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" has not been the formal term "for several centuries."

Apparently the collective term for the islands must be- UK and the Republic of Ireland.