brissydeb

someone is talking about the UK and they say XYZ happens in England. And they are talking about Scotland, Ireland or Wales....

Scott

don't it just

Mrs Jackaroo

I love it when we get asked "Which part of England are you from?" and we reply with "WALES!!!!" :curse:

Stitch

Oh you're from England aren't you? NO I'm the Scottish one

I try and make a point of saying back in the UK and if It is something specific I will say where I used to come from.

Cheers

Ginny

worzel

It pisses me off when Aussies talk about England but they only mean London. I was talking to a girl once who asked where I was from. I said Chester originally and she asked where that was. Up North I replied. To which she said she had been up north once - Maida Vale! Others didn't understand why it was difficult to get back home after a night in Coventry - the tube runs until late!

brido

They're not the brightest light in the building are they.

london cabbie

Maida vale is as north as you would want to go...well maybe kilburn at a push but that's about it

worzel

I have been to London 5 times in my life. They look at you like you are crazy when you tell them that. You can see them thinking - Were you held hostage by wicked step-parents for 20 years?

elfman

Is it just people you meet day to day who do this?
In the USA even reputable print and broadcast media frequently do it.

london cabbie

You mean you actually spoke to another human in london and made eye contact? WOW!!

flowergal

When asked where in England are you from I reply " Wales, old South Wales", they look at me and just dont seem to get it.

Amanda

Nu-Shooz

Yes it is abit weird how everyone thinks England is Scotland, Ireland and Wales too. Maybe it's because the UK means all of them. Or it used to mean that.

london cabbie

Can't say i blame them!!

moneypenny20

We're from Herts. When first born started at her school, someone told her there was a lad from Scotland in her form - did they know each other before

Fenton Beasley

Maida Vale? That's great.

I have to say that I'm from Chester (they wouldn't know were the flip Ellesmere Port was) and I've been asked if I'm Scottish or Irish. I tell them I'm English and it just doesn't register with them. They look at me for a couple of seconds and try and work out if I'm pulling their leg. I think they presume that if I'm really English, I should talk like a cockney geezer. "Cor blimey mate!", " Up the apples and pears" and all that bollocks.

To be fair to them though, there really isn't much of worth outside London in the UK so I can see why they think England stops and starts at London.