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The Fark Independent Brigade will have a tougher time with this than they did with "57 states" since most of them think the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England have nothing more in common than "we done saved all three of them there pusswads from the Nassis in the big'un thanks to Ronnie Reagan!"

miltonbabbitt: I was thinking about this recently. Why are those from England considered "British" instead of "English"?

All English people are British, but not all British people are English.

miltonbabbitt: I was thinking about this recently. Why are those from England considered "British" instead of "English"?

People from all over the isles are considered British (except the Republic of Ireland, even though they should be too, but for political reasons... let's gloss over that), but everyone retains their own local nationality as well. Call anyone from the UK British and you're fine, but call a Scottish person English and you might find yourself in trouble... whereas call an Englishman Scottish and you'll receive a polite smile and nothing will be said because we don't want to cause a fuss.

miltonbabbitt: I was thinking about this recently. Why are those from England considered "British" instead of "English"?

They're considered both.

Well at least the retards can stop bleating on with the "57 states" thing.

I have a Welsh friend who absolutely LOVES it when I refer to him as "my favorite subject of Her Majesty, the Queen".

miltonbabbitt: That part I get. It just seems that the only time "English" is used to define something is when identifying the predominant language in America. Are those from England also defined as "English", or are they only referred to as "British"?

English people are both English and British. People from Scotland are both Scottish and British, and people from Wales are both Welsh and British.

People in English often refer to themselves as "British" because, I guess, they're trying to be inclusive of the rest of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales)--sort of like King Arthur talking to the peasants in Monty Python & the Holy Grain ("We're all Britons, and I am your King.") Though they refer to themselves as English as well, depending on the context (especially when they're referring specifically to people from England as opposed to people from Great Britain in general). Most people from Scotland or Wales seem to prefer not to be referred to as "British," probably because they don't want to be thought of as similar to English, whom they consider, with some justification, to be a bunch of bloody wankers. But technically, they are "British" too.

11of12: Yeah, those types of things have a way of being beaten into the ground.

I remember the Quayle potatoe thing was stupid back when it happened. He was a moron for a lot bigger and funnier things than that.

Obama HATES the English more than he hates America.

He gave Brown a USA DVD version of himself plus he didn't like the WH bust of Churchill so he sent it back.

Gonz: I have a Welsh friend who absolutely LOVES it when I refer to him as "my favorite subject of Her Majesty, the Queen".

English + Conscripts = UK?

Mr. Coffee Nerves: The Fark Independent Brigade will have a tougher time with this than they did with "57 states" since most of them think the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England have nothing more in common than "we done saved all three of them there pusswads from the Nassis in the big'un thanks to Ronnie Reagan!"

I feel it's more likely that they believe all three are identical.

/protip: England ⊆ Great Britain ⊆ United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) ⊆ British Isles

11of12: Mugato: Well at least the retards can stop bleating on with the "57 states" thing.
Yeah, those types of things have a way of being beaten into the ground.
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While, as Mugato said, the "potatoe" thing was overhyped because that was only one of about 3,785 examples of Quayle's complete idiocy, there's a difference between that and the "57 states" thing. Obama pretty obviously simply misspoke, and nobody with an IQ above a potted plant would seriously suggest that Obama, or anybody else who has been to school beyond kindergarten, actually believes that there are more than 50 states. I'm guessing you haven't actually seen the Quayle thing, though, where he went out of his way to erroneously and consciously "correct" a kid (who spelled the word correctly)--showing pretty clearly that Quayle actually didn't know how to spell the word correctly despite being sure in his own mind that he did. Here's the video, you should watch it so you know what actually happened. In other words, Obama obviously didn't really believe that the U.S. has 57 states, but Quayle obviously really did believe that potato is spelled with an E.

he is truly history's greatest monster.

Great, we lost another ally.

I'm sure President Cain will do a much better job.

Yeah, yeah, English, blah blah blah.

Hail Gallaxhar.

Sybarite: I'm sure President Cain will do a much better job.

Though our relationship with Ubekibekibekibekistanstan might suffer a bit. Hell, he doesn't even know the name of their president.

Sybarite: I'm sure President Cain will do a much better job.

Please. Its President Gingrich this week.

sweetmelissa31: Great, we lost another ally.

Yeah, but it's balanced out by the fact that we gained Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland as allies! Because nothing will terrify our enemies as when we bring out our Scottish brigades - a moving hedge of orange and blue running down the dunes carrying a claymore and yelling incomprehensibly.

That's why he needs to have things written out for him on a teleprompter.

Ooooh, I want to play. Rick Perry forgot the name of a government agency, which means Obama automatically wins a second term, Obamacare becomes part of the constitution and unemployment is revised to 4% permanently until 2016.