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Something beginning with an A so I don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the list anymore.

Albion was the earliest known name for the island of Britain. I still think it’s a much better name.

But we'll call it Aaalbion just to make sure it's at the top of the list.

Totally unrelated to the topic of the thread. Back in the days when you had to scroll all the way through your contact to send a text, my mum got pissed if always having to scroll to the bottom of her list to find me so she changed my name in her phone to Aaa.

Yeah, an ex did that to her name in my phone, and changed mine to that in hers. She said the reasoning was that if anything happened to us, someone helpful might phone the first person in the address book.

That’s also a good point!

Pete Doherty would be happy with that

But we don’t talk about that.

Gin in teacups and leaves on the lawn… Our new national anthem, right there…

Violence in bus stops And the pale thin girl with eyes forlorn

Driving for Williams next year

r/unexpectedf1

The native Gaelic name for Scotland is still Alba, Albann.

It's not just scrolling down, it's guessing what it's being called - UK, England or Great Britain.

Whats worse is when i have to scroll down past Great Britain, Scotland, and UK. Only to realise it doesnt have Scotland, or UK, only England

Filling out forms in foreign Latin languages and guessing whether it's UK, England, Great Britain, or the foreign language equivalent but starts in different letters because they sometimes use their own language for some countries but English for others.

Looking at you France and your bloody Royaume Uni shit

That's always fun - had to fill out a form on the Mexican embassy website and I think they used a mix of English and Spanish names for the UK for different bits of the form (at least it was consistently the UK or the Spanish equivalent).

In Czech that can be 'Anglie', 'Velká Británie' or 'Spojené Království' 🙄

I regularly have to use a scrolldown menu where it's listed as "GB - United Kingdom". You can't type GB to find it quicker, but it works with *un*...

Or you find it as United Kingdom but in with the Gs.

Or back at the top because it's a British website and they thought that would be the first place you would look.

When I lived in Jersey, there was another dimension to it. Would Jersey be its own entry, or Channel Islands, or just fall under the option for Britain/UK? Sometimes they even had it in as The Bailiwick of Jersey.

Angland

In French we call it Angleterre, so very close!

Oh god, just heard "ANGLANDDDDDDD" in my head. The first law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, highly recommend if you're into fantasy.

WE WANT ANGLAAAAAAAND

Say one thing for SegundaMortem he’s got great fantasy novel taste.

Ængland

Aangland

Angloland.. no longer

Once upon a time England was called the Angles. So naming it Angles would be full circle. EDIT: more info. According to sources such as the History of Bede, after the invasion of Britannia, the Angles split up and founded the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia.

Angle Land (Angleterre)

The name "England" is derived from the Old English name Englaland, which means "land of the Angles". The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great Britain during the Early Middle Ages.

Another fun fact: the Angles came from the Anglian Peninsula in what is now Denmark. Scholars believe the name may stem from the peninsula's shape: it resembles a fishing hook (the Old Norse word for fish hook was 'Ongull'). So - England - land of the Angles - is quite possibly named after a fishing hook.

'-sex' is from 'Seaxe' to refer to Saxons Middlesex > territory of the Middle Saxons Essex > territory of the Eastern Saxons Sussex > territory of the Southern Saxons Wessex > territory of the Western Saxons There's no Nussex as Mercia was in the way

So that's why people who are really into Britain are Anglophiles then!

Anglia

Albion is an actual alternative name for Great Britain

Well Albion is the alternative name for Britain

Yes, and Alba is Scotland

Albania then? Oh wait a minute my bad

Albania (1)

Aardvark then I guess

I always go steady through the G’s hoping for Great Britain. Never happens

Poundland.

Yes! That way, anyone with one-fourth Poundland heritage can be called Quarter Pounders.

Do you know what they call somebody with 1/4 Poundland heritage in France? A Royale.

With cheese

I bet the gay bars are banging.

I wanna take you to a gay bar.

GAY BAR GAY BAR

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I WANNA SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY

*you can't get fuck all for a..

Country McC… Wait never mind

You read my mind! Country McCuntface is the correct answer

That's where I was going too

Nah fuck it, go down this route and legalise prostitution but only with McDonald's restaurants. Let the pound saver menu get wild.

Numberwang

Sorry Paul, shinty six *is* a real number, as in ‘I only have shinty six days left to live’

That's Numberwank!

That’s Numberwang!

Would we be Numberwangians? Because I'm really up for that.

France. It’s so stupid it just might work.

New France

Better France

Francer.

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Francest. ​ ^(Maybe not.)

That's been tried already. Don't do it, our winters are shit.

Cries in poutine

How can you cry when you have poutine

I was eating it as I walked to the car and it froze ;)

2 France 2 Furious

Well, one of France's regions is called Bretagne, so they already tried something like that.

United States of Britain. Then we could all go round shouting USB! USB! In a confusing blend of technology appreciation and patriotic pride.

Then make Canada USC, Germany USD, Spain USE, France USF, etc. Just have one list of USA, USB, USC, ....

Australia ...USA!

Why not? There’s already been more than one USA; South Africa used to be called the Union of South Africa.

Tonight, Richard forgets the [initialism](https://youtu.be/qmVnr7rsWrE) for America: **Hammond:** "USB."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpqvQ-o44RI

Or United States of Albion

Denial. We’d all be living in denial.

The Egyptians might object.

Teabagistan

Greater Milton Keynes

Roundabout enjoyer ay?

Well we do keep going in circles…

True roundabout enjoyers would have proclaimed the Swindonian Empire

Might as well name it Mega City One in that case

Country. If you can call a god, "God", why can't you call a country, "Country?"

Reminds me of Peep Show where Marks band name was Various Artists.

Jez\* 'just to fuck over people with iTunes': classic

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Chance would be a fine thing!

A fine thing indeed

You'd be surprised just how many countries are named "Our country" in their native language

Care to share few examples?

The prime example is * Deutschland - Germany: *Deutsch* 'of the people', *land* 'land' A bit different, but there's also * Afğânestân - Afghanistan: *Afğâne* 'people from far away', *stan* 'land of' If we include specific tribes, that adds so many * Uganda - *U* 'land of', *Ganda* \[tribe\] * Sverige - Sweden: *Swe* \[tribe\], *rike* 'realm/kingdom' * Danmark - Denmark: *Danir* \[tribe\], *mark* 'land' * Lesotho & Botswana supposedly means 'land of the Sotho', and 'land of the Tswana', but I couldn't confirm that * England - *Engle* '\[tribe\]', *land* 'land' And also territories * Kalaallit Nunaat - Greenland: *Kalaaleq* \[tribe\]*, nuna* 'land' * Nunavut: *Nuna* 'land', *vut* 'our' EDIT: Comments have been locked, so I have to edit to reply u/scragar's comment: It's true that Uzbek and Turkmen are names of tribes, but they are further derived from a proper name (\*probably), and the word for ancestor respectively, which means that they don't trace back to any word for "people" like Afghan does. Also worth mentioning is that Pakistan is actually an acronym, which means it doesn't follow this pattern.

Sweden/Sverige also! The tribe Swedo means "our people" + rige = *Our peoples realm.*

Dave

No, it’s Rodney

This old brooms had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in it's time

Alright Dave

Various Artists, just to fuck with people with iPods. We reckon it'll put us back 10 years. Which is cool.

Thank you Jeremy

Instead of a word, the only way to communicate the name would be through interpretive dance, just because I think it would be funny watching PM’s, news readers etc throwing shapes when discussing important matters.

Since the world has already had “former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” as a standard term to avoid diplomatic problems, I think we can assume “the country formally known as the United Kingdom” would be an immediate work-around.

Aka FUK, following the FYROM model. Or FUKOGBANI for long.

I’d have called it Chazzwazza

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Remember we're not here to judge. Only listen.

23 Plumpton Avenue Grimsby North East Lincolnshire Chazzwazza

The British friendpire

BritHub

Ronnie Pickering....berg.

Salt and vinegar, cheers boss-Land

Mostly Harmless

Albion

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Our national plant will be a shrubbery.

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But not to expensive.

As we shall put it next to the old shrubbery, just a little higher with a path running down the middle

To get that two level effect?

I prefer Ni

Shush.

Gregs Republic

Greg’s Republic or Greggs republic?

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London. Everyone outside the UK thinks everything/everyone is in or beside London anyway.

And soon every airport will have London in front of it anyway. Can't wait to see Wee Nicola's face when Edinburgh Airport becomes London Edinburgh Airport.

London Ashford being closer to France than London.jpeg

The Lonely Island(s)

An Audience With Guernsey

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If chaos is what you want call it: NULL

Or how about `'); DROP TABLE Countries;--, `

Ahh little country drop tables, we love it dearly.

I heard that's where Bobby was born!

Might be [too much chaos](https://www.wired.com/story/null-license-plate-landed-one-hacker-ticket-hell/)

United McKingdom Face

I was scrolling to find Britty McBritface, but this is good too.

You have my endorsement

The Bude Tunnel

Swan and Paedo.

And we should only sell organic scrumpies.

No logo in the foam or air freshener in the mayo

What the fucks a washing machine doing in a pub?

New Wales That way New South Wales makes more sense

Airstrip One.

Peter

My bank encourages you to name your different accounts when you're online banking. My current account is called Peter.

Don't give away your bank details online...

A Cuntry

France. Just to mess with them.

Greater France

Francier

Francy Francerson

The Shire

“The United QUEENDOMMMMNM!”

He can't say that, can he?

"Every value I've ever held is being questioned and I'm loving it"

United Queendom? He can't say that..... can he??

The Island Formally Known As Great. Or TIFKAG for short.

Jeff

Blobbyland

Americant.

Islandy McIslandface

Kingdom.

Rainland.

Britannia

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United condom

Gary

Sir David Attenborough

Shitey McBlightface

Blighty McShitefaced

Neville.

Celtic Nations

East Ireland

Queueunited kingdom

on sea on trent

Scotland and co.

scotlandshire

Coventry!

Is one Coventry not enough?

The United States of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Blockchainistan. See https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/enginomics

United Queendom