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> you just have to acknowledge that to anyone outside England, "England" and "the UK" are identical in meaning. I'd love to hear the results of you trying that
by seanhunter 2y ago
> you just have to acknowledge that to anyone outside England, "England" and "the UK" are identical in meaning.
I'd love to hear the results of you trying that argument in the rougher parts of, say, Glasgow or Swansea. I suspect if you tried it on the wrong person you'd be picking up your teeth with a broken hand.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoDo you think that makes it less true?
- seanhunter 2y agoYes. I gave you an example of people outside England who don't think England and the UK are synonymous ie it is a direct refutation. If you had said "Outside the UK" there might be room to say it's a matter of opinion, but since in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland the vast majority of people would not say England and the UK are the same, your statement is just flat out obviously wrong.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoBut Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland aren't outside England. See the original comment.
- Earw0rm 2y agoIn the modern context, /shrug/. When talking about history, absolutely, because we're talking about three or four different countries at the time, with different kings, governments, alliances, economies and so on.