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https://www.express.co.uk/life-style...ange-update-uk

And what of GBA (Alderney), GBG (Guernsey), GBJ (Jersey), GBM (Isle of Man) and GBZ (Gibraltar) ?

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When I ordered my new car from my Ford dealer (Oct 2019), I specifically requested that i do not have the blue bit on the number plate.

It was supplied without.

This will not be an issue as I no plans to enter the EU, now or in the future.

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Why does anyone care about such trivial things

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Possibly it’s because GB does not include NI, but U.K. does…

https://cdn.britannica.com/s:800x100...land-Great.jpg

https://www.britannica.com/story/wha...united-kingdom

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True. Yet, loyalists in N.I. Consider themselves “British”

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Our nationality for all international purposes is “British”, not “Kingdomish” - I know of no particular reason why we’ve traditionally used GB as initials on cars and sports teams but the closer connection with nationality might have something to do with it.

I read somewhere that it has been suggested it’s an expression of solidarity with Norn Iron post-Brexit; I don’t think that works because these sorts of regulations tend to take longer to work through, so planning for it would have begun before trade deal tensions became a thing.

If I was to put forward a theory of my own, it would be to ensure that anyone with a EU-GB symbol built in to their number plate will no longer be able to rely on it once the identifying letters formally change to UK.

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Was that the common sense group that was up in arms, sounds a bit like the correct thinking bureau

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The GB plate was introduced in 1910, so 12 years before the UK existed.

To balance it out, we use the .uk internet domain when really we should use .gb

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So whats the TLD for Northen Ireland then ?

Pretty sure they dont have their own, so .uk would be surely be correct.

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The UK has existed since 1802 when it was short for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Since 1927, UK became an abbreviation for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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The UK was created by the Act of Union 1801, which created The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. You’re thinking about the partition of Ireland in 1922, which only changed the name of the country by adding the word “Northern” to it.

The Kingdom of Great Britain only existed from 1707-1801.

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How could you have The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland if Great Britain ceased to exist in 1801? It would've just been The United Kingdom surely.

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Team GB is the brand name used since 1999 by the British Olympic Association for their Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team.

Team UK, as they'll be known after a change of number plates ;)

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Great Britain still existed post-1801 though? It's just Ireland was then included for the nation changed from the Kingdom of Great Britain to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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The name reflects what happened - two kingdoms, one called Great Britain and one called Ireland, were legally joined into a new unitary state.

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We'll be taking off our GB plates and replacing them with UK ones whilst at the same time cheering on Team GB. I'm sure no kids will ever wonder if adults have a clue as to what we're doing! :D

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The emergence from the pandemic, massive hospital waiting lists, rebuilding the economy, the so called 'levelling up' program. All huge programs that the government and parliament need to work together to deliver. Instead a subset start getting antsy about the letters to be used on a registration plate.

Funny how there's been no mutterings about the same change to the driving licence ?

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I've had the same driving licence since 1996 (last change of address) and have no plans to change it again in the future ;)

Bugger paying £14 every 10 years for the plastic one :D

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Maybe, just maybe, it's a dead cat to distract from the real challenges the country faces?

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Newsflash: there are almost half a million people on the civil service payroll in the UK. Not all of them are dealing with the pandemic. Other areas of government continue - if this is a surprise to you, then perhaps you should read up on the way government operates before fulminating.

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Society is built on stupidity.

Why else would we continue to buy cheap plastic crap from China, replaceable every 9 months when it breaks, and then spend further £millions trying to solve the growing problem of plastic recycling & land fills.

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Isn't this where the right to repair law kicks in ?

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Yep, and about time too, although just how far it gets is another matter :Yes:

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Maybe it is because we use .uk for the interwebs?

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...7&d=1625561949

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...8&d=1625561949

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Does it not tie back to somehow 'The Auld Alliance' ?


Perfect opportunity to use your favourite word here ;)

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Should BoJo not be on that list? ;)

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Erm.....Welsh Gaelic?

Anyway whenever I go over the Irish sea to Eire and N Ireland I always make sure I have the Welsh flag sticker with 'Cymru' on it on the back of my car.

I was told it's a good way to help me not be mistaken for being English. Those over there that do have a problem with the UK apparently only have it in for the English. They (also apparently) have no problem with us Taffs.

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I've had no problems in Ireland as an Englishman. The history doesn't extend to how people interact on a personal level with you.

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Neither have I, as the taxi driver that picked me up at Dublin airport said.

Taxi Driver “Where you from”?

Me “Liverpool”

Taxi Driver “Welcome home”

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Everywhere I have been in the world people are nice, to be honest. They like that someone is visiting their country, they're proud of their country and they want you to have a positive impression of it. If anything England is usually a positive thing because not only have they heard of it but they often also have some degree of cultural reference for it such as our music, literature (i.e Harry Potter) or the Premier League. They'll want to talk about one of them or a place such as London or just practise their English.

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Wasn't the same for me. I walked into a pub in Ireland once and they were all speaking English.

As soon as they heard my accent they all started speaking Gaelic.

Oh wait....

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Think he might have intended it to be Welsh Celtic.

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1991 here

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It’s a language of the Celts but there never was a root language called Celtic. The correct family name is Brythonic (or Brittonic). Welsh, Breton, Cornish, Irish and Scots Gaelic are all Brythonic languages.

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Just like English is descended from the West Germanic group of languages…

I was told a few years ago (by a Medieval History Prof) that modern Icelandic is very close to Medieval English (in structure).

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