Is Great Britain teamed up with Northern Ireland?

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  davidian8410 months, 2 weeks ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Team GB is the brand name used since 1999 by the British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association for their Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  
  That is republic of ireland
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  Ireland are doing terrible now. Something like 8th now.
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  sancho198310 months, 2 weeks ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  I was thinking this earlier.
  
  We are listed as "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" on the BBC site, which is the United Kingdom. So why not team UK?
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  sancho1983

  I was thinking this earlier.
  
  We are listed as "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" on the BBC site, which is the United Kingdom. So why not team UK?

  Because Team GB sounds better than Team UK
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  adamsxi10 months, 2 weeks ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain this is basic common sense.
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  sancho198310 months, 2 weeks ago1 Like #6Show comment toolsReply

  adamsxi

  Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain this is basic common sense.

  
  
  No It's not.
  
  England/Scotland/Wales - Great Britain
  
  Great Britain + Northern Ireland is UK.
  
  Got a passport? Look on the front it will say "the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago1 Like #7Show comment toolsReply

  adamsxi

  Northern Ireland is part of Great Britain this is basic common sense.

  No it's not. UK is Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. GB is Scotland, England and Wales. Therefore you were wrong adamsxi.
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  The team should be called Team UK not Team GB but Team GB sounds better. I bet Northern Ireland are quite annoyed at the Olympic Chairman for naming it Team GB and not Team UK.
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  dypsy10 months, 2 weeks ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  It is Great Britain and northern Ireland. But why did it not say this on the country name sign on Friday night. It just said Great Britain.
  And yes it really should be team UK as that is what it is. Look at all the countries on Friday night no one has even heard of and a piece of the UK isn't even mentioned.
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  GO TEAM GB on the beach vollyball
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Team GB have won the vollyball. Whats your thoughts?
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  slamdunkin10 months, 2 weeks ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  The women's team did win their first group match, so lets hope they win against itally on tuesday and go through to the next round.
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  all wishes to Team GB's womans beach vollyball team.
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  DragonChris10 months, 2 weeks ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  I think Northern Ireland has been lumped in with the Ireland team... I think I read somewhere that in the Ireland parade there were like 14 from NI.
  
  *Edit* I think there's actually some from NI in both the GB and Ireland teams.
  

  
  Edited By: DragonChris on Aug 01, 2012 21:12: Glory, glory Northern Ireland!
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  jay201110 months, 2 weeks ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  Bump1

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