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

[alkemyst]

english people are from england! How fucking hard is that to understand?

If you say you're english, and you're not from england, then you're a fuckin idiot.

whooooooooooooooooooooosh!

 

[CZroe]

You got it the wrong way round.

He's saying that calling someone American is more vauge than calling someone Texan.

Same as saying someone is from the UK is more vague than calling someone English.

People from England refer to themselves as English, same as people from Scotland call themeselves Scotish.

I've never heard an english person say they're from the UK. They say they're from England.

Same with scots and welsh. That hate the english, so they like to make it know that they're not english.

A scot would never say they're british. They'd say they were scotish.

Fixed. I meant that calling someone "American" absolutely can be more vague than calling them "North American." He was talking about American vs. North American, so it's obvious what I meant. I just quoted the wrong part.

 

[Perknose]

Speaking of geography, one of my favorite trivia questions is:

What other country could have went by the initials "U.S.A."?

My non-trivia question to you is: What fundamental and hopefully embarrassing English error is contained in your question?

 

[Minjin]

My non-trivia question to you is: What fundamental and hopefully embarrassing English error is contained in your question?

I don't really care. I'm not writing a dissertation.

Anyways, the answer is Union of South Africa. However, they aren't a Union anymore. They are a Republic now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Fixed. I meant that calling someone "American" absolutely can be more vague than calling them "North American." He was talking about American vs. North American, so it's obvious what I meant. I just quoted the wrong part.

Makes sense now.

I'm happy to help. 🙂