"You Can Barely Speak English"
Jul 22nd 2004, 6:15 pm
#46
jingling
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 18,123
Originally posted by Yorkieabroad
Oh dear. Romeo and Juliet will never be the same....
Oh dear. Romeo and Juliet will never be the same....
Juliet
Jul 22nd 2004, 7:12 pm
#47
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Joined: Nov 2002
Location: Where bad things rarely happen in movies
Posts: 8,933
Originally posted by jcapulet
*sniffle*
Juliet
*sniffle*
Juliet
Jul 22nd 2004, 7:27 pm
#48
jingling
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 18,123
Originally posted by Yorkieabroad
I do apologise....how insensitive of me...
I do apologise....how insensitive of me...
Jul 24th 2004, 4:03 am
#49
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,446
Originally posted by Boiler ..... PS I rarely use British, it seems to be a term that has lost its identity anyway.
All I recall hearing, when people are talking about my home country, is "British": British Government, British Troops, British prime minister, British athletes, British Open (Golf), British beer, British companies, British soccer player, etc, etc, etc. It seems to me that the general description in the US of things from the UK/ Great Britain/ England is "British", and therefore naturally that Britain/ British is what I have taken to using when referring to things from the UK.
Jul 24th 2004, 4:41 am
#50
Account Closed
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2
British athletes
I think athletics is a bit of a minority sport and have you been following the latest 'British' representive at the Olympics?.
British beer
Err - whats that? Even my local Brew Pub serves Scotch Ale, Big difference in English regions, never mind elsewhere. (Real ale, not euro fizz).
British soccer player
Nope, England , Scotland, Wales and N Ireland and thats the National game.
British Prime Minister
Well the Scots always had an issue with that when the Consevatives were in power.
British Army
Well true, but that is used as a derisory term by some parts of N Ireland which of course is part of UK not Great Britain.
If I want to be picky I will say I am half English and half Welsh, the latter bit being more ethnically related to being a Britain.
Not sure how long you have been away, probably my attitude has changed over the years.
I think athletics is a bit of a minority sport and have you been following the latest 'British' representive at the Olympics?.
British beer
Err - whats that? Even my local Brew Pub serves Scotch Ale, Big difference in English regions, never mind elsewhere. (Real ale, not euro fizz).
British soccer player
Nope, England , Scotland, Wales and N Ireland and thats the National game.
British Prime Minister
Well the Scots always had an issue with that when the Consevatives were in power.
British Army
Well true, but that is used as a derisory term by some parts of N Ireland which of course is part of UK not Great Britain.
If I want to be picky I will say I am half English and half Welsh, the latter bit being more ethnically related to being a Britain.
Not sure how long you have been away, probably my attitude has changed over the years.
Jul 24th 2004, 11:56 am
#51
Here we go Pittsburgh!
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: Pittsburgh PA, USA
Posts: 581
Originally posted by Steff
ukemigrant, where in PA are you? Just wondering since I haven't seen anyone from around Pittsburgh on here.
ukemigrant, where in PA are you? Just wondering since I haven't seen anyone from around Pittsburgh on here.
Sam.
Jul 24th 2004, 1:36 pm
#52
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2002
Location: US
Posts: 300
Originally posted by ukemigrant
Ironically I'm in Pittsburgh, about 26 miles north of the city, near Cranberry.
Sam.
Ironically I'm in Pittsburgh, about 26 miles north of the city, near Cranberry.
Sam.
Last edited by Steff; Jul 24th 2004 at 1:45 pm.
Jul 25th 2004, 12:31 pm
#53
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,446
Originally posted by Boiler
British athletes
I think athletics is a bit of a minority sport and have you been following the latest 'British' representive at the Olympics?.
British beer
Err - whats that? Even my local Brew Pub serves Scotch Ale, Big difference in English regions, never mind elsewhere. (Real ale, not euro fizz).
British soccer player
Nope, England , Scotland, Wales and N Ireland and thats the National game.
British Prime Minister
Well the Scots always had an issue with that when the Consevatives were in power.
British Army
Well true, but that is used as a derisory term by some parts of N Ireland which of course is part of UK not Great Britain.
If I want to be picky I will say I am half English and half Welsh, the latter bit being more ethnically related to being a Britain.
Not sure how long you have been away, probably my attitude has changed over the years.
British athletes
I think athletics is a bit of a minority sport and have you been following the latest 'British' representive at the Olympics?.
British beer
Err - whats that? Even my local Brew Pub serves Scotch Ale, Big difference in English regions, never mind elsewhere. (Real ale, not euro fizz).
British soccer player
Nope, England , Scotland, Wales and N Ireland and thats the National game.
British Prime Minister
Well the Scots always had an issue with that when the Consevatives were in power.
British Army
Well true, but that is used as a derisory term by some parts of N Ireland which of course is part of UK not Great Britain.
If I want to be picky I will say I am half English and half Welsh, the latter bit being more ethnically related to being a Britain.
Not sure how long you have been away, probably my attitude has changed over the years.
I know that soccer players in the UK are referred to by their "home nation" country - but when Beckham hit the US recently for a media blitz he was a "British soccer player". .... Etc. etc I could go on, but in every instance you have missed the point - the country description in the US media is invariably given as "British".
