In a message dated 12/20/99 7:37:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jonmac@ndirect.co.uk writes:
<< The British are often mis-nationalised as the 'English' -
when this is the language that we wretched souls on this
allegedly sceptered isle are inclined to speak. Now that we
are all 'Europeans' and part of Fortress Europe (for better
or ill), it seems our masters in Brussels, Strasbourg,
Oxshott, Bagshot and Barking feel that to call ourselves
British is wrong. This is too nationalist and we no longer
live in Britain but the United Kingdom. >>
Interesting.
I thought the term "English" could be used to distinguish
the British that live in England from the British that live in,
say, Scotland or Wales. English means only a language then ?
BTW where are Bagshot and Barking ?
Cheers
Jack Mc
USA - where we also speak a language know as English.
could it be the same ?
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