Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 02:03:19 GMT From: amesnospamrak.demon.co.uk (Andrew Stephenson) Subject: Re: AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHGG -nt
In article <su9rl0hbi7ko396q9p0qnj1d9gbcuu3k1nnospamcom> nothingherenospamcom "Retro Bob" writes: > FYI - last I checked, "Brits" was not liked all that well by > the English :-) Speaking as a stereotypical English Brit <g>, I'd say what really gets people on these Isles heated is to neglect their nationality in a stereotypical way. I happen to be English, so "English" or "Brit" covers me. But Scots, Welsh, Irish, Manxmen and so forth righly boil when they find themselves lazily tagged as "English". "Brit" (or "British") is safest, with "UK" available for if that serves -- eg, "I'm from the UK." A few weeks ago I was in a casino in Stateline, by Lake Tahoe on the NV/CA border. Their cashier had a list of currency exchange rates. I explained, very gently, that "English Pound" could be improved. They seemed genuinely surprised and willing to think about changing the wording. (I didn't stay to supervise.) HTH. -- Andrew Stephenson
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