I thought "Britain" referred to only to England, Scotland and Wales. Would the United Kingdom be the more fitting term when referring to the entire country that includes Northern Ireland?
Aye, you're right. I got fed up of explaining it, though, so I just went along with what the OP said. I seem to do that a lot recently. You'd be amazed how many think that if you're from the UK, you're English. Also, if you say you're English, people think you're from London. I'm all out of witty answers for this kind of stuff. It wears you down!
Sometimes I'd like to swap places with my cousins. They're not English, Scottish, Welsh, or Northern Irish, but are very definitely from the UK. It confuses the hell out of people. :D
It does get to me how some people refer to the entire United Kingdom as "England". I honestly would not want an angry Scotsman in a knit chasing me down the street.
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I thought "Britain" referred to only to England, Scotland and Wales. Would the United Kingdom be the more fitting term when referring to the entire country that includes Northern Ireland?
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Aye, you're right. I got fed up of explaining it, though, so I just went along with what the OP said. I seem to do that a lot recently. You'd be amazed how many think that if you're from the UK, you're English. Also, if you say you're English, people think you're from London. I'm all out of witty answers for this kind of stuff. It wears you down!
Sometimes I'd like to swap places with my cousins. They're not English, Scottish, Welsh, or Northern Irish, but are very definitely from the UK. It confuses the hell out of people. :D
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It does get to me how some people refer to the entire United Kingdom as "England". I honestly would not want an angry Scotsman in a knit chasing me down the street.