...is "The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland".
I.e., there's a "The". The correct abbreviation is "The UK".
Grammar question
- (broomberg)
- (10)
- Sept. 5, 2005, 06:17:17 PM EDT
United denotes a multiple
- (bepatient)
- Sept. 5, 2005, 06:27:57 PM EDT
US and UK are derived from ordinary words
- (warmachine)
- Sept. 5, 2005, 06:29:02 PM EDT
I'll give it a go...
- (imqwerky)
- Sept. 5, 2005, 07:13:07 PM EDT
English is weird.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Sept. 5, 2005, 06:36:24 PM EDT
Thanks
- (broomberg)
- Sept. 5, 2005, 06:48:50 PM EDT
The name of my country...
- (pwhysall)
- Sept. 6, 2005, 01:21:41 AM EDT
IOW, it's not "United" that does it, but any "someway" in...
- (CRConrad)
- (3)
- Sept. 6, 2005, 03:24:37 AM EDT
Speaking of "Confederate States"...
- (rcareaga)
- (2)
- Sept. 21, 2005, 05:46:19 PM EDT
Not snake, chicken
- (drewk)
- Sept. 21, 2005, 05:50:55 PM EDT
YM what you say now, the Southerners said then? OK... :^>
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Sept. 21, 2005, 06:19:06 PM EDT