# Pjen, out of curiosity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 18, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879 "2014-09-18T22:30:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879/1 "2014-09-18T22:30:00Z")

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When you type rUK, I know what UK stands for, but what does the r stand for? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879/2 "2014-09-18T22:33:43Z")

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rest of UK, or rump UK, or what will be left of the UK if Scotland goes independent.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879/3 "2014-09-18T22:47:24Z")

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Thank you.

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879/4 "2014-09-18T22:58:50Z")

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I’m guessing this is a riff on the lingo in Canada, where ever since the first referendum, we’ve been talking about Quebec and the ROC (rest of Canada)…

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pjen-out-of-curiosity/698879/5 "2014-09-19T03:49:38Z")

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Didn’t know that.