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Shorter .uk Internet domain proposed by Nominet
Surely if Scotland chose to leave Great Britain, it would still remain Great Britain?
jakubw
on Oct 1, 2012
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Great Britain is the island. Scotland would find it very hard to leave it.
arethuza
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Well, there are two Great Britains - the Kingdom that was created by the Acts of Union in 1707 and lasted for about a century until Ireland joined, and the island:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain
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