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> England Britain. Along with contingents from most of its Empire. (Saying "England" when you mean "Britain" is like saying "Texas" when you mean "U.S.A.")
by jonathonf 9y ago
> England
Britain. Along with contingents from most of its Empire.
(Saying "England" when you mean "Britain" is like saying "Texas" when you mean "U.S.A.")
- caf 9y agoIt's said that the first shot fired by the British Empire in WW1 was from Fort Nepean, Australia.
- flukus 9y agoNot during WW1 it wasn't, calling a Scotsman English wasn't an issue at the time.
- afarrell 9y agoReally? When did the Scots start to develop a notion of having a unique national character that made them non-English?
- flukus 9y agoWell, obviously it was centuries ago but it has ebbed and flowed since then. For the 20th century though a lot of Scottish nationalism originated in the Scottish renaissance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Renaissance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Renaissance).
- foobarian 9y agoSerious question, what would be the analogous comparisons for "Great Britain" and "United Kingdom?"
- rmckayfleming 9y agoGreat Britain is the island. So an analogy would be North America and United States of America. Roughly of course.
- aninhumer 9y agoI guess an analogous comparison would anything that forgets that Hawaii and/or Alaska exist when referring to the US.