Difference between England, Britain and the UK - Father Ted (1995) Discussion

[–] mikeyg24 11 years ago

There are people on lots of boards who don't. Yes England, Scotland and Wales make up Great Britain and GB and Northern Ireland make up the UK but to be fair except when it comes to football or rugby most UK residents refer to themselves as British.

Yours sincerely, General Joseph Liebgott

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[–] The_Celluloid_Sage 10 years ago

To necro an old thread...please find me these 'most' Welsh or Scottish people that refer to themselves as 'British'.....

Don't make sweeping statements. I am English, I am NOT British. To answer the op, many people, hence the idiot response you got first. British is the collective, not the singular mikey. And I think you will find that those of us who care enough about it, find it important enough to point it out, thanks to Blair's hidden agenda.

Let it ride...

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[–] benman46 10 years ago

I call myself English, only the Americans call us British.

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[–] SkiesAreBlue 9 years ago

Just remembered one of Gordon Ramsey's episodes in the he USA. He's from British, he doesn't speak English.

SkiesAreBlue

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[–] benman46 9 years ago

He's Scottish.

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[–] SkiesAreBlue 9 years ago

Yes I know but these two brothers from a New Orleanes Cafe inferred that they couldn't understand Gordon Ramsey because, " he comes from British, he doesn't speak English" 😆

SkiesAreBlue

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[–] mikeyg24 10 years ago

To necro an old thread...please find me these 'most' Welsh or Scottish people that refer to themselves as 'British'.....

You're so correct, I mean it's not as if recently 55% of Scots decided they were British before they were Scottish👀. Not to mention the Scots, Welsh and English who are happy to represent Britain in events such as the Olympics or wave their Union Jacks every time a royal has a birthday, gets married or shoots out a sprog.

There's a moral to this story Del Boy but for the life of me I can't find it!

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[–] Nicols 9 years ago

Union Flags. It's only the Union Jack when flown from a ship.

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[–] mikeyg24 9 years ago

Don't be so ridiculously pedantic. You're technically correct but I've never heard called anything but the Union Jack in any state.

I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time Del Boy, it's them that started me drinking!

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[–] Nikon11 11 years ago

I'll give you the England vs Great Britain difference - there's no real excuse not knowing that.

But Great Britain vs United Kingdom - come on, now, you're nitpicking there.

It'd be like me getting pissed off about someone from Europe not knowing what New England is.

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[–] Sonatine97 11 years ago

For those that don't know....

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2011/08/whats-the-difference-betw een-uk-britain-and-british-isles/

The United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (to give its full name) refers to the political union between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The UK is a sovereign state, but the nations that make it up are also countries in their own right.

From 1801 to 1922 the UK also included all of Ireland.

The Channel Islands and Isle of Man are not part of the UK, but are Crown Dependencies.

Great Britain

Great Britain is the official collective name of of England, Scotland and Wales and their associated islands. It does not include Northern Ireland and therefore should never be used interchangeably with ‘UK’ – something you see all too often.

Here at Ordnance Survey, we’re responsible for mapping Great Britain, which is why we don’t make maps of Northern Ireland.

Technically, if you lose the ‘Great,’ Britain only refers to England and Wales.

British Isles

This is purely a geographical term – it refers to the islands of Great Britain and Ireland – including the Republic of Ireland – and the 5000 or so smaller islands scattered around our coasts. Remember this only refers to geography, not nationality, and while the Republic of Ireland is part of the British Isles, its people are not British – a very important distinction.

"One must first get behind someone, in order to stab them in the back!"

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[–] PurpleProseOfCairo 11 years ago

A lot of Americans refer to "Briddish" when they mean English. What's this British accent they're always going on about? Is it Aberdonian or Cornish, Cardiff or Norwich? No, it's HUGH GRANT of course!

Awight we're The Daamned we're a punk baand and this is called Carn't Be Appy T'day!

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[–] benman46 11 years ago

In my experience Americans call it an English accent. They will also refer to Britain as England.

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[–] Bernnard_Black 9 years ago

True, but in fairness, we're not the only ones, and even the British themselves do so on occasion. Personally I've always understood the difference, but do sometimes slip and refer to a trip to Britain as a trip to England (though I suppose being in Portsmouth I would be technically correct).

Whores will have their trinkets.

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[–] PurpleProseOfCairo 9 years ago

Inferred or implied?

(Just in keeping with the tone of the thread)

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