lars@lemmy.sdf.org to Data Is Beautiful@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoEuler diagram of the terminology of the British Isleslemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squareHabahnow@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCan someone do one for terminology? Is calling people British mainly socially acceptable? I imagine the exception is the Irish from Ireland, but those from northern Ireland may give that a pass?
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI’d think calling Scot a Brit is like calling Peruvian an American. Technically true but kinda rude
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoDepends on their own views on the union. Don’t go lumping people together as all having the same opinion now!
minus-squareGeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago northern Ireland may give that a pass? Never push a national identity onto someone from Northern Ireland. Because that’s also a political Identity In general British is a national identity. English/Scottish/Welsh would be a cultural identity. You would call them what they say they are.
minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoCall someone from Scotland British and see how that works out for you….
minus-squareMr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI’m perfectly happy being called British Just don’t refer to the UK as Engurlaaand
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoGoing by the last polls it’s about an equal chance whether they’d approve or not
Can someone do one for terminology? Is calling people British mainly socially acceptable? I imagine the exception is the Irish from Ireland, but those from northern Ireland may give that a pass?
I’d think calling Scot a Brit is like calling Peruvian an American. Technically true but kinda rude
Depends on their own views on the union. Don’t go lumping people together as all having the same opinion now!
Never push a national identity onto someone from Northern Ireland. Because that’s also a political Identity
In general British is a national identity. English/Scottish/Welsh would be a cultural identity.
You would call them what they say they are.
Call someone from Scotland British and see how that works out for you….
I’m perfectly happy being called British
Just don’t refer to the UK as Engurlaaand
Going by the last polls it’s about an equal chance whether they’d approve or not