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From: david@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Mallon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: English Inaccuracies.
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Date: 11 Feb 91 10:50:26 GMT
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In article <39.27B2B9D2@halluc.FIDONET.ORG> rlawrence@halluc.FIDONET.ORG (Richard Lawrence) writes:
>-> I believe an apology is in order to all
>-> not English people of BRITISH nationality,
>-> especially to those in the Gulf.
>->
>-> David Mallon.
>
>Take a valium. It is a common colloquialism here in the states to refer 
>to citizens of the United Kingdom as English, as opposed to American. I 
>don't get peeved when my Brit friends call me a yank...even though I 
>should, since as a blood-line MacLaren they should be referring to me as 
>a proper Scot. 
                   -- piddle

People born in Scotland are officially of BRITISH Nationality, Not English, Not Scottish.

People born in  England are officially of BRITISH Nationality, Not English.

>-Rich

If you wish to be inaccurate,sorry colloquial, then far be it from me to stop you.
However, I do feel you should be made aware of the uneducated image it portrays.

Sorry to have to insult you. I generally like Canadians !

David Mallon.