3rd aint bad......considering the size of the countries below us?
(insert N.I. flag here).
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Since it's "Team Great Britain" - why do we include athletes from Northern Ireland, which isn't part of GB?
Why isn't it "Team UK?"
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<Pendant on>Why isn't it "Team UK?"
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AKA the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (acronym: UK). You have made Davet's point for him.Because the IOC membership is Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Oh - and anyway...
Whilst I am not a fan of the National Dirge, what have they done to it?
Before the "Send her victorious...." bit there should be 4 short ascending notes rising from the low "God save the queen" to a sort of triumphant "Send her...."
What we have is some sort of 2 note glissande that does nothing to lift the song. And it really does need a lift.
AKA the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (acronym: UK). You have made Davet's point for him.
For some reason we are listed as United Kingdom ... at the UN, but Great Britain at the IOC. I imagine it has to do with history - the Olympics preceded the UN and the political set up was different in 1896.AKA the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (acronym: UK). You have made Davet's point for him.
I agree. And the standard harmony has better resonance as well.Oh - and anyway...
Whilst I am not a fan of the National Dirge, what have they done to it?
Before the "Send her victorious...." bit there should be 4 short ascending notes rising from the low "God save the queen" to a sort of triumphant "Send her...."
What we have is some sort of 2 note glissande that does nothing to lift the song. And it really does need a lift.
For some reason we are listed as United Kingdom ... at the UN, but Great Britain at the IOC. I imagine it has to do with history - the Olympics preceded the UN and the political set up was different in 1896.
Maybe neither United nor Great?
Maybe neither United nor Great?
I expected her to have a very proper English accent.
yep - lap it up while you can
Not trying a wind up at all. Her dad is Jamaican. She has a Jamaican face.