There's been no such thing as the British Empire for over thirty years, Jim!!
Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:59 PM Subject: [USMA:16428] Re: More metric items > I mentioned "English citizen" only in an informal sense. I probably meant > "someone who has lived or lives in England," as I do not know if > "digestive" is used in a similar fashion in all of the British empire > (i.e., Scotland, Wales, ....). (If I am using "British empire" improperly > as a synonym for "United Kingdom," no doubt list members will correct me.) > > BTW, the package that was labeled "digestive" has a description of "wheaten > biscuits, half covered with real milk chocolate." In the interest of > science, I opened the package and tried them. Very much like animal > crackers with chocolate frosting. > > Jim > > > At 05:01 AM 11/27/2001 -0800, Bill Potts wrote: > >Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > > >P.S. There is no such thing as an English citizen. > >People from the UK are British citizens (not British > >Subjects, by the way), as are people from Scotland, > >Wales, and Northern Ireland. > > > >You're both right and wrong. > > > >Regarding legal status, it's British citizen. However, citizen isn't > >exclusively a legal term and has a total of 10 definitions (OED). > > > >in the more general sense (and, in fact, the primary one), one can be an > >English citizen, a citizen of London, a citizen of New York, and so on. > > > >I always look on myself as a citizen of the world, although legally I'm both > >a British and a Canadian citizen. > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > >Roseville, CA > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >
