Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
The Northern Irish are also British.
My understanding is that Britain consists of England, Wales, and Scotland.
While the United Kingdom adds Northern Ireland.
What would seem to logically follow is that the English, Scottish, and Welsh are all British.
But the Northern Irish are...what? UK-ians?
In like manner Canadians, Mexicans, Bolivians, Brazilians etc are just as American as people from the USA are.
So what specifically refers to people from the USA? USA-ians? (It's probably why so many non-USA-ians refer to us as Yankees, so as to differentiate us from all the other Americans.)
Last edited by OC Richard; Today at 09:14 AM.
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