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British Team !!!
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When did the British or Great British Team become - Team GB ?? 
Personaly I hate this Americanisim ! nowt against Americans tho'  just do not like this phrase as well as 24/7 7/7, 9/11,ASAP ect  . are we getting too lazy or too much in a hurry to use all the words ? Sorry for the rant!!  nearly red vino time  calm calm  breathe slowly - iiinnn , ooouuuttt !!!!  
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And in the Tour as well.
Team CSC, Team This, Team That, Phil & Paul were seriously getting on my nerves with that rubbish.
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nowt against Americans tho'
really? I could think of lots more.
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And when did "Rookie" become part of the English language? It's creeping in via various commentators.
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I think its come to the point where if someone wins a gold medal the commentator will shout yee-ha. 
Speaking of this kind of thing I remember listening to a one day cricket match between England and India a few years ago. The commentator (Jonathon agnew) shouted 'Ripper' when an Indian took a wicket only to get a rollocking from his co-commentator who said, 'Your not in Australia now'. I wet myself laughing
Back to the issue, I would prefer it if we said the British team rather than team GB. Its not quite an irritance for me yet but it is a point well made.
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And when did "Rookie" become part of the English language? It's creeping in via various commentators.
Its usage is originally English - first used in print by Rudyard Kipling in 1892, meant to describe raw recruits to the British army.
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i wouln't care if we were called Team Timbuctoo as long as we keep racking up the medals and stuffing it right up all the rest. Marvellous!
emma pooley....what a great tt today and so nearly a gold winning performance until that american (that we've nothing against) nicked it.
C'mon Great Britian, Team GB, The Brits, Cav n Co, whatever. 
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J-Lo, I-Rod, A-Rod, P-Diddy
It is only a matter of time.
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This Team this, that and the other really annoys me too. Fair enough when its related to Team A and Team B, but when you've got a name I think it should be that first and then the word team. It's too Hollywood for my liking
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Just how old are you guys ?
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All ages. English is a fine language, why avoid using it?
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The phrase that has me shouting at the telly is:
"That's a big ask."
When did ask become a noun? What's wrong with "That's a lot to ask"?
Oddly enough, it was Hugh Porter that I remember using it first.
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Why resist the chance to update and improve the language ?
Given the resistance shown to updated language and usage we would be without a great many of the current words and phrases used in English, a language which is not only spoken in England !
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"Why resist the chance to update and improve the language ?"
Update? Improve? Modernisation for no reason other than to make it easier for idiots to talk nonsense more quickly.
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i wouln't care if we were called Team Timbuctoo as long as we keep racking up the medals and stuffing it right up all the rest. Marvellous!
Would that not mean that they were entered into the Olympics as a team not representing Britain, and therefore doing it for the pride of Mali (not a traditional cycling power)?
Personally, I dislike it, though should it not be called Team UK considering that they also officially represent the North (whole other story, one I have no intention of getting into)?
I would hate to hear my "home" team called Team Ireland.
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I'm not actually saying I agree with the use of Team GB as a title, I am saying that language has to adapt and evolve over time.
Prithee sir, thou makest a mockery of my ablest verbal leanings.
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The BBC has become committed to the Team GB tag on the news on BBC1. However on Radio 4, the British team is described like that, usually.
Perhaps there is some dumbing down going on.
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Prithee sir, thou makest a mockery of my ablest verbal leanings.
that's well buff innit m8
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Idea: why don't we just call ourselves the Cycling Team? Everyone else would know we were from GB
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That only works with stamps and football, unfortunately we didn't invent cycle racing.
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in fact we should bin all the other events and just send cyclists to future games.
yep, thats the answer
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That only works with stamps and football, unfortunately we didn't invent cycle racing.
No but James Moore won the first race.
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And rugby, union and league.
James Moore is described as winning the first race, on an ordinary? I expect striders and velocipedes were racing each other before cranks were put on bikes.
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Perhaps there is some dumbing down going on.
now there's a word I hate
how can that be a satisfactory euphanism for giving a simpler clearer explanation.?the only dumb bit is usually the so called technical idjit thats making little effort to explain something highly technical to non technical users
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Team GB is not a clearer explanation than The British Team
The point I was making is that Radio 4 still calls the British Team that, but BBC1 calls it Team GB, usually, in a much more tabloid style.
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"The British Team" is adjectival, "Team GB" is the proper noun.
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Until 2008 we've always been adjectival
Team GB just sounds naff and pretentious to me
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"The British Team" is adjectival, "Team GB" is the proper noun.
Fascinating. As a sometime pedant, I was hoping you'd discovered a more interesting side to your posting recently; I was wrong, surely the correct name is the team representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Any comment?
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With you there Wuv. Wendy Houvenagel is from the North of Ireland, I think within the boundaries of the supposed United Kingdom (the term for the territories encompassing Great Britain, the North, the Isle of Man (got its own parliament, almost sure it is not part of the geographical GB) the Channel Islands, the Falkland/Malvinas, Gibraltar and a few others), rather than simply Great Britain (the big island). I know she lives in Cornwall now, but surely it should be UK, rather than GB?
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I think that the officially recognised name for the Country while competing at the Olympics is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
Technically that leaves the Isle of Man on it's own, lets see Cav win the Madison now !
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United Kingdom sounds OK to me .Better than team GB ,mind you that's my initials , also the PM's
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"And the historic town of Berwick Upon Tweed."
Which is still alleged to be at war with various nations because it gets into the declarations of war but not the peace treaties! (I think Russia's been sorted but not Germany - or is it the other way round?) 
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Urban myth.
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I heard once that there is an abbey or castle in Wales where it is still legal to kill Englishmen but you must use a longbow for the job and the Englishman must be made aware of the Welshmans intentions before entering the courtyard. I wonder how many old laws are like that!
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It's not that many years since they repealed the one about being able to kill any Welshman found within the walls of Chester after dark.
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And Hereford, I think.
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Could be wrong here but going back through the mists of time was this small humble island group not called,and was announced to the stadium, The United Kingdom (as refered to previously) and did some athelete not parade that banner behind the Union Jack ?? wasnae(was not) team GB !!
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