Nov. 17, 2016
4:26 a.m.
Paul Eggert said:
The Guardian's style guide for "United Kingdom" says "no need to write in full: say Britain or the UK", and for "Britain" it says "Britain is the official short form of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" which is news to me; I wonder what's "official" about it?
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