BG or UK

Venice · 2006-07-12, 08:32 AM

someone asked today if we thought of ourselves as being the United Kingdom or Great Britain

What do our fellow Americans regard us as...or are we just England??

Venice · 2006-07-12, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Venice

someone asked today if we thought of ourselves as being the United Kingdom or Great Britain

What do our fellow Americans regard us as...or are we just England??

Duh...Just realised I put BG..instead of GB...so proud to be a Brit....

SirMoby · 2006-07-12, 08:58 AM

I was wondering why you were asking about Bulgaria and the United Kingdom.

I think the Brits are having a show of confusion for not making it clear to the world. Who are you?

ecchi · 2006-07-12, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SirMoby

I think the Brits are having a show of confusion for not making it clear to the world. Who are you?

We are the people who really run the world. But we let you Yanks think you do because we know how fragile your egos are.

swedguy · 2006-07-12, 09:20 AM

Tea drinkers!

Toby · 2006-07-12, 09:34 AM

I think I use UK most of the time, with England a distant second and GB third.

ecchi · 2006-07-12, 02:19 PM

When you talk about the country: United Kingdom was coined to emphasise the fact that we are four equal countries. Great Britain really means England and the three countries it conquered (i.e. four unequal countries).

However when you talk about the people, 'British' is the only term we have (No 'United Kingdomish').

Incidentally the reason for the 'great' part is that there were two countries called Britain, to avoid confusion we generously agreed to be the 'Great' Britain, and let them just be plain old Britain.

Personally I use English more than British nowadays, mostly to piss off the Scots, Irish, and Welsh (Funny, they love saying they are Scottish/Welsh/Irish not British, but as soon as you say "Yeah I agree, I prefer to be called English so I don't lumped in with you lot either", they get upset).

Venice · 2006-07-13, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ecchi

When you talk about the country: United Kingdom was coined to emphasise the fact that we are four equal countries. Great Britain really means England and the three countries it conquered (i.e. four unequal countries).

However when you talk about the people, 'British' is the only term we have (No 'United Kingdomish').

Incidentally the reason for the 'great' part is that there were two countries called Britain, to avoid confusion we generously agreed to be the 'Great' Britain, and let them just be plain old Britain.

Personally I use English more than British nowadays, mostly to piss off the Scots, Irish, and Welsh (Funny, they love saying they are Scottish/Welsh/Irish not British, but as soon as you say "Yeah I agree, I prefer to be called English so I don't lumped in with you lot either", they get upset).

I was actually born in Scotland...but brought up in the true 'Public School English' system...just worked it out as $40.50 per DAY..eeeewwww...i

KG Gary · 2006-07-13, 09:09 PM

Um, I say I'm from the UK and I call myself British...mostly.
I live in England but I was born & raised in Wales. Sometimes I say I'm Welsh instead of British, but on the whole I use British. And UK.
It's a bit annoying to hear the UK called England so often, but not so annoying as to cause much of a headache or make me cry.

What was the actual question again?
Dammit. I confused myself.
UK.

sue-fl · 2006-07-14, 12:49 AM

I've always thought England myself. The very polite people from England who love their tea

ecchi · 2006-07-14, 02:33 AM

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I've always thought England myself

But England is only one country. The best approximation for American is to think as UK as being like the US, and think of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales (and for some Cornwall) as 'states'. Using England for all of Britain is like saying all Americans are 'Texans'.

ArtWilliams · 2006-07-14, 12:55 AM

In Canada you are the UK which of course includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. GB always through me for a loop.

Sarah_Jayne · 2006-07-14, 04:37 AM

They mean different things. I live in England, Great Britian and the United Kingdom.

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2006-07-12, 08:58 AM	#3
SirMoby Jim? I heard he's a dirty pornographer. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 2,706	I was wondering why you were asking about Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. I think the Brits are having a show of confusion for not making it clear to the world. Who are you?

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2006-07-12, 02:19 PM	#7
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	When you talk about the country: United Kingdom was coined to emphasise the fact that we are four equal countries. Great Britain really means England and the three countries it conquered (i.e. four unequal countries). However when you talk about the people, 'British' is the only term we have (No 'United Kingdomish'). Incidentally the reason for the 'great' part is that there were two countries called Britain, to avoid confusion we generously agreed to be the 'Great' Britain, and let them just be plain old Britain. Personally I use English more than British nowadays, mostly to piss off the Scots, Irish, and Welsh (Funny, they love saying they are Scottish/Welsh/Irish not British, but as soon as you say "Yeah I agree, I prefer to be called English so I don't lumped in with you lot either", they get upset).

2006-07-14, 12:49 AM	#10
sue-fl You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,837	I've always thought England myself. The very polite people from England who love their tea

2006-07-14, 12:55 AM	#12
ArtWilliams You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 6,244	In Canada you are the UK which of course includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. GB always through me for a loop.