Wanted: Lovat green tweed Argyle-type jacket and waistcoat, 44S

[Jock Scot]

[QUOTE=OC Richard;1415537]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.)[/QUOTE



Unless and until the good people of Northern Ireland(aka Ulster-men/women), whose fairly recent ancestors voted to remain within the UK during the partition negotiations, change their minds, then they remain British. Just like the Welsh, Scots and the English.

Or, to put it another way,"British" is the collective noun for ALL of us, Northern Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manxmen(those from the Isle of Man), those from the Chanel Islands and yes, ........ the English, which does include those from Yorkshire!

Now can we return to discussing kilts.