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Some people actually refer to the whole of the UK as 'England'
fawltytowers93
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I don't know if anyone else notices this but I constantly hear people in London referring to Britain as a whole as being called 'England.'
For example, I was on the bus about two hours ago and someone was saying 'The English X-Factor final starts tonight, I'm so excited'....errrrrm isn't it the British finals? Someone also referred to Edinburgh as an 'English city' a few weeks ago.
Another thing which is just as ridiculous....I was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales, and people here also often assume that I needed a passport to get from Wales to England because they're different countries.
It's just so ignorant and stupid, it actually pains me
For example, I was on the bus about two hours ago and someone was saying 'The English X-Factor final starts tonight, I'm so excited'....errrrrm isn't it the British finals? Someone also referred to Edinburgh as an 'English city' a few weeks ago.
Another thing which is just as ridiculous....I was born and raised in Cardiff, Wales, and people here also often assume that I needed a passport to get from Wales to England because they're different countries.
It's just so ignorant and stupid, it actually pains me
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Might be something to do with Andrea. Isn't there one in Italy. - or is that Pop Idol?
Oi! Some of us know better!
I know, its just the only time I've heard it is by Americans.
I get stuff like that all the time from English colleagues. We'll be having a conversation and they'll say either I haven't been to Ireland in years or they've never been and I'll reply yea it's been a long time since I've been there and they look confused. Or if I say I'm planning on going to Ireland for a break they'll say oh but you're already in Ireland.
We can't all be masters and experts at everything.
Do you often hear these "voices"?
Contradicting yourself. If, as you say, people think all of the UK is England then why would anyone asK if you need a passport to come from Wales?
Nobody from the UK would say the English X Factor is on tonight. Why would they add in a superfluous word? If your post is true, it sounds like they were tourists. I live in London, I don't hear anybody saying that Britain is called England. Your post has the whiff of sullbhit about it.
Of course it's not true. It's just another made up story posted in order to elicit a response.
Me too and I also don't know of people who call Britain England.
Fox news refers to our capital as Londonistan, beyond being slightly amusing and a little racist, it doesn't affect me in any way.
Hmmmm... Is that kind of like people referring to the people from the United States of America as Americans?