They're completly different.
The UK is Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland. Technically it isn't that anymore, because Scotland, Wales and Ireland hate England. England hates just about everywhere else.
England, the southern part of the country administered directly from London, as opposed to Wales in the West, Scotland in the North and Northern Island in the North East of Ireland Which each have their parliament and act simmilar to an American 'State' where London would be the federal government.
The 'UK' is all of these together, the British Isles/Great Britain is all of these together but not the smaller islands, such as the Isle of Man, and the British Islands is everything, including Gibraltar etc.
Great Britain is a synonym of England
United Kingdom = England + Scotland + Ireland
Am I right?
Nope, Scots and the Welsh can refer to themseles as British too,
Also, lots of random islands in all parts of the world such as Gibraltar near Spain and the Faulklands near Argentina are considered part of the United Kingdom, but are given the classification 'overseas territory'
British is the term for the people of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
I preferably call myself English as i'm from England but I am also British.
UK?
[QUOTE=dual elites;18350185]They're completly different.
The UK is Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland. Technically it isn't that anymore, because Scotland, Wales and Ireland hate England. England hates just about everywhere else.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say that is the case. It's more like a friendly rivalry that quells murder.
For example, I have nothing logically against most English folk.
However when I hear an English accent, the kilted warrior within growls and makes me feel like stabbing them in the gut. It's like a reflex. Hear the accent and a little faint voice goes "Fucking English Bastard", then the brain takes over and pleasantry is resumed.
Scotland Vs England is in our blood and perpetuated by the modern world. You can't have a Scotland Vs England pillow fight without it turning into some epic battle. We were at constant war for hundreds of years. It's been the given thing to fight each other for bloody ages. Only now we live in a modern world where we fully understand you can't go about killing folk it turns into a bit of banter and the occasional punch up at a football match. I'm fine with that.
Wait, I always thought that Ireland and Scotland were in East Europe, what the christ.
UK is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England is just one country in it.
And I call it the UK.
I usually say UK or england.
We still have these overseas territories though >:)
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I'm English, but I prefer to be called British.
Also I love you Scots, Irish and Welsh :)
[QUOTE=Orsenfelt;18350871]I wouldn't say that is the case. It's more like a friendly rivalry that quells murder.
For example, I have nothing logically against most English folk.
However when I hear an English accent, the kilted warrior within growls and makes me feel like stabbing them in the gut. It's like a reflex. Hear the accent and a little faint voice goes "Fucking English Bastard", then the brain takes over and pleasantry is resumed.
Scotland Vs England is in our blood and perpetuated by the modern world. You can't have a Scotland Vs England pillow fight without it turning into some epic battle. We were at constant war for hundreds of years. It's been the given thing to fight each other for bloody ages. Only now we live in a modern world where we fully understand you can't go about killing folk it turns into a bit of banter and the occasional punch up at a football match. I'm fine with that.[/QUOTE]
I like scotland because of chicken tikka masalas.
[QUOTE=dual elites;18351363]I like scotland because of chicken tikka masalas.[/QUOTE]
And we got badass accents :cool:
But please, god, don't go to Glasgow. The accent is horrible.
I went there once, for a theme park; M&D's, only proper one in the UK, and damn the people's voices were horrible, the accent is the worst.
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;18351428]And we got badass accents :cool:
But please, god, don't go to Glasgow. The accent is horrible.
I went there once, for a theme park; M&D's, only proper one in the UK, and damn the people's voices were horrible, the accent is the worst.[/QUOTE]
I'm used to the Edinburgh accent coz that's where my grandads from, then my mates dad has a glaswegian accent.
I call myself English, I only call myself British to silly foreign folk who know no better.
I call myself English because I am specifying what UK country I am from. I don't care if someone calls me British or anything though, it's just not the term I usually use myself.
I'm from one of the overseas territories, so I just avoid trying to figure out my nationality. I sometimes call myself European because that seems to annoy people on the mainland.
[QUOTE=Orsenfelt;18345061]FYI, England is not in the same category as Great Britain and UK. There are 3 other countries here too you know.
That's about the only gripe I have. I don't care if you call me British or if you use Great Britain or United Kingdom. Just don't call me English. =)[/QUOTE]
only 2 other countries in great britain
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;18348158]You're an idiot.
I was born in England, I call myself English.
When I'm talking about Europe, and matters related to the European Union. I'm British.
It's all in the context.[/QUOTE]
The British are not European, I refer to Brits as part of the continent of The Atlantic.
Britain or the UK because I'm a unionist.
if the scots want to declare themselves as scottish and not british, why dont they, they are one of the if not the most unhealthy nation on earth, they don't have much to be proud of, really
I say that I live in the UK, occasionally I say that I live in England, and I usually refer to myself as British, mainly because the St. George's flag carries a lot of negative connotations and the Union Flag looks much better.
Gotta love Britain
Britland.
England conquered everyone and pretends that the new territory are still their own people and therefore we let them say theyre 'scottish' or 'welsh'
[QUOTE=Anteep2;18352115]if the scots want to declare themselves as scottish and not british, why dont they, they are one of the if not the most unhealthy nation on earth, they don't have much to be proud of, really[/QUOTE]
Except inventing the television, colour photography, the bike, the flush toilet, Penicillin, the postage stamp, radar, insulin, the refridgerator, the electric clock, the Bank of [I]England,[/I] the fax machine and MRI body scanning as well as cloning the first mammal and destroying the English at Stirling bridge.
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Oh, and the lawnmower, the pen, life preserver rings, the kaleidoscope, pioneering the use of surgical anaesthesia, criminal fingerprinting, universal standard time...
Also fucking [B]Alestorm.[/B]
Just call us Western Dogs.
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;18351428]And we got badass accents :cool:
But please, god, don't go to Glasgow. The accent is horrible.
I went there once, for a theme park; M&D's, only proper one in the UK, and damn the people's voices were horrible, the accent is the worst.[/QUOTE]
Glasgow Chav is a horrible accent. Properly spoken Glaswegian is nice.
[QUOTE=Orsenfelt;18352942]Glasgow Chav is a horrible accent. Properly spoken Glaswegian is nice.[/QUOTE]
Aye, Billy Connolly is a great example for that.
I'm Scottish myself and I've no quarrel with being called British. I'm in Dundee right now for Uni...and fuck, I can't understand the ned talk at all - But normal Dundonian is alright to listen to.
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