- Joined
- Apr 12, 2008
- Member Type
- Retired English Teacher
- Native Language
- British English
- Home Country
- England
- Current Location
- Ireland
I am not a good reader, but I do not think that any British person answered this question from two fellow members:
Is it OK to refer to people as "Britons"?
I also have another serious question. Would the "average" British person get angry if someone referred (in a friendly way) to
him/her as a "L _ _ _ _"? (I am referring to that fruit that was used in the British Navy for nutritional purposes.)
Of course, I know better than to ever visit Wales or Scotland and say something like "I like you English people"!
I think it was only Americans who called us "limeys". It's extremely dated and I don't think many young English people would have ever heard it.
As for "Britons", I don't object to it.