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Hahaha it’s ok xOH I see now! My apologies. He’s doesn’t know how to properly quote on a message board, so it looked to me as if the mess he typed was part of my quote so I didn’t even notice it. This is how it looks to me:
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Again, though, that still makes no sense.
England is in Great Britain. So saying you’re from Great Britain is accurate, too.
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Great Britain is even used within the UK to describe England:
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I wouldn’t take umbrage if you said to me, “You live in North America.” Georgraphically, that’s true. I wouldn’t automatically assume you were confusing me with Mexicans, Canadians, or Carribean people. You’re just describing the larger land, which is diverse and requires specificity.
Why is there an assumption that if I identify you by the larger island you live on, that I’m also not aware of the specificity? Is this a cultural thing? Like a point of pride in England or something?
For some it’s pride, but I can’t stand that. It’s thinly veiled xenophobia and racism, and the ironic thing is 90% of English people aren’t actually “English”. What with the Romans slaughtering the pagans... but I digress.
For me. It’s about not taking away someone else’s culture or history because parliaments decided to join up 4 different countries hundreds of years ago. And it’s how we are viewed, Americans like to say “British accent”.... and my god it pisses me off.