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Old 29-Mar-2008, 15:33
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Default Re: How can I refer to a person from UK?

Some argue that the UK is an amalgam of separate units: Wales, England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland; and it is better to speak of the Welch, the English, the Scots (a Scot, adj. Scottish, but never scotch, a type of whiskey), and the Irish. However, that idea leaves us without a non-specific term for citizens of the UK.


I think I would like to lighten this thread up a bit, appears to be getting a bit heavy.
I would agree with Angelika's original post ...British but the writer of the above has now upset everybody other than the English, or should I say true Brits!!! Ha Ha
the Welsh, by spelling them Welch,albeit may be a typo,
the Scots as their whiskey is spelt Whisky,
the Irish Whiskey has the e in it, spelt Whiskey

Carry on with the arguement??????
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