Difference between England, Great Britain and the UK...ever wondered?

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RocksteadyDotNet

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you know what...

If Aussies and Kiwis spent half as much time not criticizing the remainder of the world (focused on the US) they might actually matter in the large scope of world affairs....The great Australian past time. Do they teach this shit in Aussie schools?

I spent the better part of a year in Australia (Adelaide) and to tell you the truth the observed lifestyle and attitudes were just about exactly the same as Americans. As a matter of fact, the town struck me as the states with funny accents and some European influence.

I enjoyed my time there and folks were friendly enough but the youth took everything as an excuse to walk out of schools and bitch about a country they don't even live in. The older Aussies seem to have a better memory of our two countries relationship.

The United states is far from perfect...neither is Australia.

Oh yea, Vegemite looks and tastes like shit. so there.

Oh one more...go and renew your loyalty to the "crown". BTW, for her actions during WWII I think she is awesome. I also think she will be the last of the crown that matter in any way at all.

I was actually kind of listening to what you had to say, but eventually you showed your stupidity.

Vegimite is great. You had to go hating on it didn't you?

Not cool man. Not cool.
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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SIMPLE!

Because you're a damn British subject. Americans are not.

Jesus christ, you're nearly as sad as OCGuy. He stalks me all over these forums writing angry, insipid replies to my posts.

IT'S JUST THE INTERNET GUYS!

I know some of my posts and hit a nerve, but FFS, don't blow a gasket over it.

Maybe you and your mate should take REAL life a little more seriously, then you might loose your virginity and you won't be so bloody angry all the time.
 

Angry Irishman

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I was actually kind of listening to what you had to say, but eventually you showed your stupidity.

Vegimite is great. You had to go hating on it didn't you?

Not cool man. Not cool.

Actually, I have had vegimite and granted I really don't like it I'm sure America has something equivalent that Aussies find just as repulsive.

I actually had a vegimite and butter sandwich. I was on a RAAF base and was trying to get some help from the RAAF....eating the sandwich was the price.
 

Angry Irishman

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Jesus christ, you're nearly as sad as OCGuy. He stalks me all over these forums writing angry, insipid replies to my posts.

IT'S JUST THE INTERNET GUYS!

I know some of my posts and hit a nerve, but FFS, don't blow a gasket over it.

Maybe you and your mate should take REAL life a little more seriously, then you might loose your virginity and you won't be so bloody angry all the time.


Well my name is Angry Irishman....and you asked the question. I wasn't blowing a gasket just stating a fact. There is nothing wrong with it; I'm just saying....Australians are indeed subjects of the crown....right?
 

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Lifer
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So...that just proves that in spite of your numerous protestations, you ARE British...you just happen to also be English...:p


While I think MOST of that is common knowledge, it was still very well presented. (although a bit fast)

That's the point I'm as british as someone from scotland or wales.

So: You can call us all british orrr you can call us Scottish, Welsh and English. The choice is yours but you cant call us Scottish, Welsh and British because that makes no sense.
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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Well my name is Angry Irishman....and you asked the question. I wasn't blowing a gasket just stating a fact. There is nothing wrong with it; I'm just saying....Australians are indeed subjects of the crown....right?

Err, yeah, we are.

But like I said, what does that have to do with my day-to-day life?

The commonwealth doesn't affect our lives at all. We're a member of the U.N. aswell, it doesn't make us an expert on their matters.

Shit, the queens only been here like 3 times.
 

Angry Irishman

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Err, yeah, we are.

But like I said, what does that have to do with my day-to-day life?

The commonwealth doesn't affect our lives at all. We're a member of the U.N. aswell, it doesn't make us an expert on their matters.

Shit, the queens only been here like 3 times.

Probably not much. I didn't notice any blatant day to day activity that would call out the crown as being part of every Aussies daily life.

The Queen was all over the money and the RAAF base though. As close as the US partnership with England and all the commonwealth countries I suppose we are tied to our roots as well...it's just not legal.
 

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Lifer
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Probably not much. I didn't notice any blatant day to day activity that would call out the crown as being part of every Aussies daily life.

The Queen was all over the money and the RAAF base though. As close as the US partnership with England and all the commonwealth countries I suppose we are tied to our roots as well...it's just not legal.

In every day life having a queen makes no difference at all other than the pictures on money and stamps...
 

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That's the point I'm as british as someone from scotland or wales.

So: You can call us all british orrr you can call us Scottish, Welsh and English. The choice is yours but you cant call us Scottish, Welsh and British because that makes no sense.

And you are from the same country as those so it is still *ENTIRELY* OK. In the US, you don't hear people saying "Hey! Don't you call me a Southerner! I'm from F-L-O-R-I-D-A. Call me a Floridian, dammit!" I'm a Georgian (from the State of Georgia, not the country), a Southerner, an American, a United States Citizen, and, since 2008, a Californian. You could call me any one of those things and I wouldn't have anything to say about it. You could also call me or a Mexican or a Canadian "North American."

Insisting on being call English when you are a citizen of the United Kingdom to differentie yourself from the others is as silly as insisting that I be called a Californian instead of an American. A Californian is as American as someone from Alabama or Maine, yet they don't insist on being called "Californian."

You are silly.

Silly bones.

PS: "Silly" might equal stupid.
 
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lothar

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Saw this yesterday, but If I had posted it all the morons would crawl out of the woodwork and complain
The only thing this video proves is that you are British and are indeed a moron.
Unless you're trying to tell us that you're from Northern Ireland or are a foreign national living in Britain.
 

DougK62

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It's funny how foreigners love to pick on the United States for being "ignorant" about other countries, but when I was in Ireland and England there were just as many dense people around. In fact, I nearly got in to a fight in a pub in Ireland when talking about geography with some people because half of them insisted that Ireland was NOT a part of the British Isles.
 

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Lifer
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And you are from the same country as those so it is still *ENTIRELY* OK. In the US, you don't hear people saying "Hey! Don't you call me a Southerner! I'm from F-L-O-R-I-D-A. Call me a Floridian, dammit!" I'm a Georgian (from the State of Georgia, not the country), a Southerner, an American, a United States Citizen, and, since 2008, a Californian. You could call me any one of those things and I wouldn't have anything to say about it. You could also call me or a Mexican or a Canadian "North American."

Insisting on being call English when you are a citizen of the United Kingdom to differentie yourself from the others is as silly as insisting that I be called a Californian instead of an American. A Californian is as American as someone from Alabama or Maine, yet they don't insist on being called "Californian."

You are silly.

Silly bones.

PS: "Silly" might equal stupid.

I'm from England. Learn. Calling Scottish people Scottish and Welsh people Welsh, but English people british is fucking retarded.
 

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I'm from England. Learn. Calling Scottish people Scottish and Welsh people Welsh, but English people british is fucking retarded.

And there it is: The source of your retardation is the ASSUMPTION that we don't call other Brits "Brits." I've never called Welsh anything but British for the exact same reason. Princess Charles = British. Christian Bale = British. Hugh Laurie = British. Princess Dianna = British. Scottish is more easily distinguished by accent, though we often confuse it for Irish, but we call them both Brits often enough as well.

Now that your eyes have been opened, I don't expect to ever hear another peep from you on the matter except to agree lest you dig your hole deeper. Silly-Billy.
 
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busydude

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Calling Scottish people Scottish and Welsh people Welsh, but English people british is fucking retarded.

Its the same as calling Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans.. as Indians. They all are a part of Indian sub continent, but calling them Indians is retarded.. and sometimes even offensive. Also, Middle east =/= Arab world, Iran =/= Arab Nation and Arabic =/= Persian.


Personally, I don't give a shit. If you look at it, we are talking semantics.
 

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Lifer
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And there it is: The source of your retardation is the ASSUMPTION that we don't call other Brits "Brits." I've never called Welsh anything but British for the exact same reason. Princess Charles = British. Christian Bale = British. Hugh Laurie = British. Princess Dianna = British. Scottish is more easily distinguished by accent, though we often confuse it for Irish, but we call them both Brits often enough as well.

Now that your eyes have been opened, I don't expect to ever hear another peep from you on the matter except to agree lest you dig your hole deeper. Silly-Billy.

Well I haven't had my eye opened at all, that's what YOU do, when I was in america I was with a scottish guy... EVERYWHERE I went he was Scottish and I was a "brit" fuckin' retarded.
 

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Lifer
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Well I haven't had my eye opened at all, that's what YOU do, when I was in america I was with a scottish guy... EVERYWHERE I went he was Scottish and I was a "brit" fuckin' retarded.
I just told you why, silly (you can interpret that as "retard" but I won't stoop to your "silly" level).

Now, if I went to England with a Canadian and we were both called "American," well, I can't see either of us complaining because we both fit different definitions of "American."

Chew on this: Christian Bale's Wikipedia page calls him an English actor when he was born in Wales. Check the records. I didn't edit that in there. Is your head about to ass-plode?
 
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So when you get all up in arms neckarb about being called British, you're just being an idiot? Because an Englishman is British, but not all Brits are Englishmen.
 

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Lifer
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I just told you why, silly (you can interpret that as "retard" but I won't stoop to your "silly" level).

Now, if I went to England with a Canadian and we were both called "American," well, I can't see either of us complaining because we both fit different definitions of "American."

Chew on this: Christian Bale's Wikipedia page calls him an English actor when he was born in Wales. Check the records. I didn't edit that in there. Is your head about to ass-plode?

OK.. I don't care about Christian Bale... But aside from that it doesn't explain why one person is Scottish because of his distinctive accent, when I'm just labled british, I have a very distinctive English accent. that is all.

Also I know a group of canadians that get pissed off being called american. The same as I know people form New Zealand that hate being called Australian.

However accents don't matter on a forum.
 

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OK.. I don't care about Christian Bale... But aside from that it doesn't explain why one person is Scottish because of his distinctive accent, when I'm just labled british, I have a very distinctive English accent. that is all.

Also I know a group of canadians that get pissed off being called american. The same as I know people form New Zealand that hate being called Australian.

However accents don't matter on a forum.

I had already edited in an explanation. Now I will edit it out and leave it here:

If I went with a nondescript US midwesterner and I had a distinct Texan drawl, you could call me Texan and the other person American all you want. You are wrong to think that we have to use a more specific term just because one exists. If that were the case, any American would challenge you for not identifying them by their sovereign state. I don't know why you can't see this. Even if England is a country, it is part of the UK in much the same way as our sovereign states are a part of the United States. It may not be equal to the other UK countries because it rules them unlike the US with Washington DC (not part of a state), but the regional comparison is spot-on. From now on, you must refer to each and every American forumer by their state or province. You are no longer allowed to use the word "American" without sacrificing your ability to ever complain about being called a "Brit" again.

...However accents don't matter on a forum.
:hmm:

Even more reason not to be offended
 
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Lifer
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I had already edited in an explanation. Now I will edit it out and leave it here:

If I went with a nondescript US midwesterner and I had a distinct Texan drawl, you could call me Texan and the other person American all you want. You are wrong to think that we have to use a more specific term just because one exists. If that were the case, any American would challenge you for not identifying them by their sovereign state. I don't know why you can't see this. Even if England is a country, it is part of the UK in much the same way as our sovereign states are a part of the United States. It may not be equal to the other UK countries because it rules them unlike the US with Washington DC (not part of a state), but the regional comparison is spot-on. From now on, you must refer to each and every American forumer by their state or province. You are no longer allowed to use the word "American" without sacrificing your ability to ever complain about being called a "Brit" again.

Error;

US STATE != COUNTRY

ENGLAND == COUNTRY