# (Great) Britain becoming the UK

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 26, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-britain-becoming-the-uk/995157 "2023-12-26T11:17:32Z")\
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> [@Riemann](#):
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> We could just rebrand as UK, not short for anything - like KFC and HSBC which I think are now technically their full names.

Yeah but if you’re going to go that far you may as well sell the naming rights. It’d be “The Coca-Cola United Kingdom.” Or more likely just “Coke”.

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