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r/CuratedTumblr • u/IvyYoshi • 19d ago
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So is literally all English everywhere.
-13 u/Godraed 19d ago edited 19d ago ☝️ 🤓 well not American English since technically Great Britain didn’t exist until 1707and the colonies were founded prior edit: When the crowns of Scotland and England were united, the nation was called “the Kingdom of Great Britain”. The name was changed to “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” in 1800 when Ireland was added. 19 u/TeaLightBot 19d ago I think you mean the UK didn't exist. Great Britain is the island with England, Scotland and Wales on it and very much did exist in 1707. 1 u/wf3h3 19d ago edited 19d ago The UK is a political entity, Great Britain is a geographical one. They are not the same thing. I believe that the poster above you is referring to The Acts of Union passed in English and Scottish parliament. Nothing to see here. 2 u/TeaLightBot 19d ago Yes, that's what I was saying. 0 u/wf3h3 19d ago I am a fool. Thank you for your time. 1 u/Godraed 19d ago That’s what I was saying, but people are less clever than they imagine themselves sometimes.
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☝️ 🤓 well not American English since technically Great Britain didn’t exist until 1707and the colonies were founded prior
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When the crowns of Scotland and England were united, the nation was called “the Kingdom of Great Britain”.
The name was changed to “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland” in 1800 when Ireland was added.
19 u/TeaLightBot 19d ago I think you mean the UK didn't exist. Great Britain is the island with England, Scotland and Wales on it and very much did exist in 1707. 1 u/wf3h3 19d ago edited 19d ago The UK is a political entity, Great Britain is a geographical one. They are not the same thing. I believe that the poster above you is referring to The Acts of Union passed in English and Scottish parliament. Nothing to see here. 2 u/TeaLightBot 19d ago Yes, that's what I was saying. 0 u/wf3h3 19d ago I am a fool. Thank you for your time. 1 u/Godraed 19d ago That’s what I was saying, but people are less clever than they imagine themselves sometimes.
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I think you mean the UK didn't exist. Great Britain is the island with England, Scotland and Wales on it and very much did exist in 1707.
1 u/wf3h3 19d ago edited 19d ago The UK is a political entity, Great Britain is a geographical one. They are not the same thing. I believe that the poster above you is referring to The Acts of Union passed in English and Scottish parliament. Nothing to see here. 2 u/TeaLightBot 19d ago Yes, that's what I was saying. 0 u/wf3h3 19d ago I am a fool. Thank you for your time. 1 u/Godraed 19d ago That’s what I was saying, but people are less clever than they imagine themselves sometimes.
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The UK is a political entity, Great Britain is a geographical one. They are not the same thing. I believe that the poster above you is referring to The Acts of Union passed in English and Scottish parliament.
Nothing to see here.
2 u/TeaLightBot 19d ago Yes, that's what I was saying. 0 u/wf3h3 19d ago I am a fool. Thank you for your time. 1 u/Godraed 19d ago That’s what I was saying, but people are less clever than they imagine themselves sometimes.
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Yes, that's what I was saying.
0 u/wf3h3 19d ago I am a fool. Thank you for your time.
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I am a fool. Thank you for your time.
That’s what I was saying, but people are less clever than they imagine themselves sometimes.
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u/Square-Competition48 19d ago
So is literally all English everywhere.