adamdea;639751 Wrote: > Well no: it is interesting but it still does not address the problem of > what adjective is applicable to UK nationals, or the ambiguity of the > adjective "British" with respect to UK, GB and the British Isles I was born in England and describe myself as British. I think you'll find that most people who were born in Great Britain tend to call themselves British, with the exception of those who are pround of their locality, who will probably call themselves English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, etc.
According to someone from Northern Ireland I used to work with, the situation there is that the population is divided between those who consider themselves British and those who consider themselves Irish. This generally tallies with the Protestant/Catholic distinction, although of course there are plenty of non-religious people in N.Ireland. The British Isles includes the Republic of Ireland, of course. I suppose in a formal sense those people are British, but my guess is that they all think of themselves as Irish to distinguish themselves from the de-facto assumption that "British" means someone from the UK. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88608 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
