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Those "few of us" who care would be the Scots, Welsh and Irish, as 5/6 of the population of the UK lives in England. I would think that the Scots and Welsh that care a lot when an Englishman says "England" for "Britain" probably do care a lot when a foregner calls them english to their face, but are pobably too polite to gat angry and just chalk it up to igorance.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 06:14:17 AM EST
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I'd like to think that the Scots and Welsh are more generous than that. (NB The Irish never get called english, they aren't even British).

Yes, they'll call the english on it, practically every time and with good reason. But, as I said, it is largely a domestic squabble and shouldn't concern non-natives.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 06:21:01 AM EST
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