3 ms·

"And the US and England" When you are doing the information from the inside thing, you do need to get your players in line. England? I'm English ... and Wels

"And the US and England" When you are doing the information from the inside thing, you do need to get your players in line. England? I'm English ... and Welsh, Cornish, Scottish and tangentially Irish, not to mention German (check my username). The country is called Britain, the Great thing is only to distinguish from the other Britain - Brittany (part of France). You might as well call everyone from the USA as Texans. Julian Assange spent rather a long time here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4992504,-0.1614713,3a,75y,178.37h,114.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7WJ4m6tu9jn1vC6pEQfGQw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4992504,-0.1614713,3a,75y,... He was not tortured in the embassy - he was a guest who gradually outstayed his welcome. He was always treated well. As you can see Harrods is just to the right. This is not the roughest place to be a prisoner in Christendom. Whilst he was in there, there were always several Police stationed nearby. They stood in doorways and kept watch. Probably a boring job but nice and simple. The whole thing basically costed the UK tax payer a fair old wodge and obviously Ecuador too. I know that area and what goes on because I run internets for some flats nearby.

cyberpunk 5y ago
> I'm English ... and Welsh, Cornish, Scottish and tangentially Irish, not to mention German (check my username). Sorry, but this is absolutely nonsensical to me, how can you be all these nationalities? Were you born on the most insane round trip flight ever or what? Edit: And sorry, as a Scot (One actually born there); 'the country' is not called 'Great Britain'. As a nationality we group identify as both $member-country and also British/members of the United Kingdom. The UK itself, is made up of four separate countries, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is simply our name for 'the big island (and all the little ones) excluding ireland', the UK is the big island + NI. Holy cow where did you learn such nonsense? :/
- gerdesj 5y ago
  My (properly) researched family tree is 15 generations deep for me personally, so far. My uncle has done quite a lot of research. Quite a lot. At the extreme 15 gens down, you get this in your Ahnentafel: "26921. Alice15 John (14829). Her married name was Trelowarth (14829). She was born circa 1550. She married Robert Trelowarth (14828) on 3 Oct 1574 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK. She died circa 1603 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK."
  - cyberpunk 5y ago
    Oh, you're American? I'm pretty sure 15 generations ago I was probably Danish but that doesn't make me one of them... I kind of understand need to identify as someone more interesting though, I suppose. Perhaps you should just own who you are instead of pretending though my friend, maybe look into some meditation or such.. Edit: Apologies, I see you say you are British, however I've never met a British person who would ever identify as coming from more than one of our member countries. An Englishman calling himself Welsh? A Scot calling himself English? I mean.. I find it unlikely somehow.. But, hey ho, I'm often wrong and presumably this was one of those occasions. No offence intended.
    - gerdesj 5y ago
      Piss off, I'm British.
- gerdesj 5y ago
  We are called Great Britain because that is what James VI (I in England) called us when Scotland and England finally merged into Great Britain. He was our first joint King. The other Britain is Brittany - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany. Have a look at the county names in Brittany and see if they look suspiciously like Devon and Cornwall. My family/surname is Gerdes. In Scotland, that is rendered as Girders. Only you can pronounce it properly 8)
  - cyberpunk 5y ago
    Sorry but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain GB is the island. It has fuck all to do with France. Edit: sigh, okay you are a little bit right, but besides of course the settling after the whole Gallic period, and the Brittons, the Normans, and the Saxons -- please, forget all that we are talking about the term GB right now and this only refers to the island.
- Vrondi 5y ago
  It actually sounds like the sort of lineage that is very common among Americans.
  - gerdesj 5y ago
    I live in Somerset (UK) and have a 15 gen. ancestor from Cornwall. Your point is?

cyberpunk 5y ago

> I'm English ... and Welsh, Cornish, Scottish and tangentially Irish, not to mention German (check my username). Sorry, but this is absolutely nonsensical to me, how can you be all these nationalities? Were you born on the most insane round trip flight ever or what? Edit: And sorry, as a Scot (One actually born there); 'the country' is not called 'Great Britain'. As a nationality we group identify as both $member-country and also British/members of the United Kingdom. The UK itself, is made up of four separate countries, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain is simply our name for 'the big island (and all the little ones) excluding ireland', the UK is the big island + NI. Holy cow where did you learn such nonsense? :/

gerdesj 5y ago
My (properly) researched family tree is 15 generations deep for me personally, so far. My uncle has done quite a lot of research. Quite a lot. At the extreme 15 gens down, you get this in your Ahnentafel: "26921. Alice15 John (14829). Her married name was Trelowarth (14829). She was born circa 1550. She married Robert Trelowarth (14828) on 3 Oct 1574 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK. She died circa 1603 at Wendron, Cornwall, UK."
- cyberpunk 5y ago
  Oh, you're American? I'm pretty sure 15 generations ago I was probably Danish but that doesn't make me one of them... I kind of understand need to identify as someone more interesting though, I suppose. Perhaps you should just own who you are instead of pretending though my friend, maybe look into some meditation or such.. Edit: Apologies, I see you say you are British, however I've never met a British person who would ever identify as coming from more than one of our member countries. An Englishman calling himself Welsh? A Scot calling himself English? I mean.. I find it unlikely somehow.. But, hey ho, I'm often wrong and presumably this was one of those occasions. No offence intended.
  - gerdesj 5y ago
    Piss off, I'm British.
gerdesj 5y ago
We are called Great Britain because that is what James VI (I in England) called us when Scotland and England finally merged into Great Britain. He was our first joint King. The other Britain is Brittany - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany. Have a look at the county names in Brittany and see if they look suspiciously like Devon and Cornwall. My family/surname is Gerdes. In Scotland, that is rendered as Girders. Only you can pronounce it properly 8)
- cyberpunk 5y ago
  Sorry but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain GB is the island. It has fuck all to do with France. Edit: sigh, okay you are a little bit right, but besides of course the settling after the whole Gallic period, and the Brittons, the Normans, and the Saxons -- please, forget all that we are talking about the term GB right now and this only refers to the island.
Vrondi 5y ago
It actually sounds like the sort of lineage that is very common among Americans.
- gerdesj 5y ago
  I live in Somerset (UK) and have a 15 gen. ancestor from Cornwall. Your point is?