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Thread #124681   Message #2761664
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
07-Nov-09 - 02:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
"The formal correct term for the state is the UK and has been so for several centuries. In full it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."

To those of us who need a short but clear name for the islands, UK and the Republic of Ireland is sufficient.

Never mind.