Are we British or English?

Thesnipergecko said:
As title, bit of a random thread i know but it got me thinking.

Is there such a thing as an English person? isn't English a language?

The country is England yes? We speak the English language yes?

Does that make us English? or are we Britains / Britons (sp)? :p

Paul ...

Your very point shows what is wrong with the english, on an international forum, with people from around the world, you assume everyone is english.

For the record i am english, but we are british, its whats on the passport.
 
Piggymon said:
Football is silly .. end of :p

for you...

Offside rule for girls...

You're in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till. Behind the shop
assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you
must have.

The female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them
with desire.

Both of you have forgotten your purses.
It would be totally rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no
money to pay for the shoes.

The shop assistant remains at the till waiting.

Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and
sees your dilemma.

She prepares to throw her purse to you.

If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper
and buy the shoes.

At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and,
*whilst it is in flight* you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse and buy the shoes.

Always remembering that until the purse has *actually been thrown* it would
be plain wrong to be forward of the other shopper.

There you go...

Now football isnt so silly

:p


oh and British! it sounds better! :D
 
InwardSinging said:
Your very point shows what is wrong with the english, on an international forum, with people from around the world, you assume everyone is english.

For the record i am english, but we are british, its whats on the passport.

And people wonder where the Welsh & Scottish vs English stuff comes from ...

There's nothing I detest more than people describing the UK as " England " Drives me bloody potty !!
 
Exentia said:
for you...

Offside rule for girls...

You're in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till. Behind the shop
assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you
must have.

The female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them
with desire.

Both of you have forgotten your purses.
It would be totally rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no
money to pay for the shoes.

The shop assistant remains at the till waiting.

Your friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and
sees your dilemma.

She prepares to throw her purse to you.

If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper
and buy the shoes.

At a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and,
*whilst it is in flight* you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse and buy the shoes.

Always remembering that until the purse has *actually been thrown* it would
be plain wrong to be forward of the other shopper.

There you go...

Now football isnt so silly

:p


oh and British! it sounds better! :D

Football IS silly and I hate shoe shopping :p
 
Piggymon said:
I am WELSH !!

If I'm talking to someone from the UK then I will say I'm Welsh , If I'm talking to someone outside of the UK then I call myself British

If I am filling out a form and it asks for my nationality then I declare myself as British

Me too.

I am Welsh, but I'm also British :)
 
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