User talk:Yes0song/watching
Q: Why has UK used the name "Great Britain"?[edit]
Hi, I've seen your edit of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Summer Olympics and came here. I have a question about Great Britain at the Olympic Games.
Why has the United Kingdom not used the abbreviation "United Kingdom" but "Great Britain" (more officially, "Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland") at the Olympics? --yes0song 17:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hi there! The closest thing I've been able to find for a reason for the use of "Great Britain" rather than "United Kingdom" is a footnote in the 1908 Official Report referencing an agreement between the constituent countries' athletic associations. The footnote simply states that the agreement resulted in the official name of the team would be the "Great Britain and Ireland" team without saying why "United Kingdom" wasn't acceptable. The report then goes on to use "United Kingdom" almost exclusively to refer to the team!
- You might try asking someone with more knowledge of early 20th-century British politics--perhaps User:John Kenney? -- Jonel | Speak 12:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)