"Northern Britain"
sw2boro wrote:
I wouldn't be offended if somebody called me British but I would certainly correct them. I can't imagine it happening though. Over here, British is English.
sw2boro wrote:
Thing is, I take the point that North Britain/Briton" is meant to be mildly insulting, but it shouldn't be, surely?
The term implies a unity of Britishness, so as someone who is technically English, although I don't identify as such, if someone called me a South Briton, I might think it a bit weird, but couldn't take offence. I suppose the point is no-one ever refers to South Britain.
I do remember someone once making the point that England & Scotland are really very rubbish identifiers & that the Northern English and Sourthern Scottish have so much more in common with each other, genetically, ethnically, historically & economically than they do with the other halves of their "proper" nations that they'd be better off throwing in their lot together.
But maybe that's a load of blethers.
The term implies a unity of Britishness, so as someone who is technically English, although I don't identify as such, if someone called me a South Briton, I might think it a bit weird, but couldn't take offence. I suppose the point is no-one ever refers to South Britain.
I do remember someone once making the point that England & Scotland are really very rubbish identifiers & that the Northern English and Sourthern Scottish have so much more in common with each other, genetically, ethnically, historically & economically than they do with the other halves of their "proper" nations that they'd be better off throwing in their lot together.
But maybe that's a load of blethers.
Comment