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# because we don't resort to petty insults?
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:23, archived)
# Why do people refer to British people as English?
It's insulting to the Scots, Welsh and N Irelandish people.
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:28, archived)
# scots welsh and N. Ireland have their choice of roots
as they have their own language troots as well as english
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:29, archived)
# I'm not English
I am Scottish!
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:34, archived)
# that's why i try to avoid using UK if possible
it's like misunderstanding the whole ulster/Northern Ireland thing, altho I suspect many people forget about the 2 counties left! :)
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:37, archived)
# Your reply to my post said
"why do the english" etc etc
insinuating that I was english
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:42, archived)
# my apologies
it was a question based on the assumption that someone posting here might know, but I didn't mean to imply you were. I couldn't say British as it assumes that all of the U.K. territories use it... complicated, huh? :)
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Mon 17 Oct 2005, 12:59, archived)