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**Stainditnew** · 06-01-2007, 09:31 PM

If we're going to be pedantic, it's best to be right...

You are correct (but not in your naming), so lets get pedantic:

* Kingdom of Britain is 1707-1801
* The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801-1922 (official name change in 1927)
* The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1922(27) - now

Since this article quoted 1900, then you will find that the title I posted above is the correct one for the time frame.

Make it easy on the rest of us, pick a name and stick with it for more than a century.

I would say U.K. could be correctly used from 1801 onwards... thats 206 years. (I dislike the term GB because it doesnt include (Northern) Ireland).

Its not exactly something difficult to remember.

Man, you are really picky about the correct nomenclature for that little island.

Yeah sorry... ive many reasons for being picky about it. The easiest one to explain is that the usage above is just wrong.

06-01-2007, 09:31 PM	#11
Stainditnew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	If we're going to be pedantic, it's best to be right... You are correct (but not in your naming), so lets get pedantic: * Kingdom of Britain is 1707-1801 * The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1801-1922 (official name change in 1927) * The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1922(27) - now Since this article quoted 1900, then you will find that the title I posted above is the correct one for the time frame. Make it easy on the rest of us, pick a name and stick with it for more than a century. I would say U.K. could be correctly used from 1801 onwards... thats 206 years. (I dislike the term GB because it doesnt include (Northern) Ireland). Its not exactly something difficult to remember. Man, you are really picky about the correct nomenclature for that little island. Yeah sorry... ive many reasons for being picky about it. The easiest one to explain is that the usage above is just wrong.
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