Schwarzio said:Tiny Panza said:RE: Lucy Dreaming
British of course really means English, but English is a no-no word now, unless you're talking about the language, and England is a word most people just outright avoid.
Britain is England, Scotland, and Wales, but the Welsh are Welsh, the Scots are Scottish, and the English are the ones called British.
There is no British accent, it's what people say when they mean an English accent. There are Welsh accents, Scots accents, and English accents, but people can't bring themselves to say English...
I think maybe people just don't know? Thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention but I don't think there's any conspiracy here fella.
II understand that people not living in Britain might not know, and that's fair enough, but it's very a common here in the UK also to call English people British, and to call the Welsh Welsh and the Scots Scottish.
There's a lot of negative connotations surrounding the English flag and calling oneself English, due to neo-nazis and similar types hijacking it.
Australia also has, in some areas, a similar stigma in regards to someone flying the Austalian flag outside their home.
EDIT: To the person who read my post and took it literally in the the exact opposite way to which it was meant, and took the motivation and spirit behind it also in the exact opposite way to where they came from, play fewer video games, and go and work on your reading comprehension.
46 years as a videogamer. So much for "You'll grow out of it".