UK is part of the continent of Europe, just not part of the EU economic zone.
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To confuse things further: they compete as Great Britain at the Olympics, yet England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland all compete separately at the World Cup.
To confuse things further: they compete as Great Britain at the Olympics, yet England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland all compete separately at the World Cup.
They're also separate at the Commonwealth Games and other sports such rugby, curling etc.
One way of looking at the various names for the British Isles is through history. The original inhabitants of Europe were the Britons which now live in Wales and Cornwall. Other related peoples are the Bretons from Brittany in France and the Basques in southern France and northern Spain.
The Celts in Ireland are said to have come from Spain and they later migrated to Scotland and there mingled with the Norse.
England gets it's name from the Angles who were a Germanic tribe that invaded after the Romans left.
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I think her theory was the English, Swede, Finn, and Norwegian flags all have that cross deal. I really don't care at all about what region or social status they believe that they are in.
Technically the Finns aren't Scandinavian either, but Denmark is. I was definitely taught in school that Scandinavia meant Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Technically the Finns aren't Scandinavian either, but Denmark is. I was definitely taught in school that Scandinavia meant Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
Yes, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are the Scandinavian countries, while adding Iceland and Finland to the mix composes the Nordic countries.
Have you ever met an Englishman who doesn't want to be called British? According to him, there is Welsh, Irish, English and Scottish but no British. Kind of weird because I've always referred to people from the UK as British.
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Have you ever met an Englishman who doesn't want to be called British? According to him, there is Welsh, Irish, English and Scottish but no British. Kind of weird because I've always referred to people from the UK as British.
one of my old bosses was from Wales, and one of the worst things you could call him was an Englishman
Have you ever met an Englishman who doesn't want to be called British? According to him, there is Welsh, Irish, English and Scottish but no British. Kind of weird because I've always referred to people from the UK as British.
I am definitely English! You probably like to be known as Canadians rather than North Americans as the only other definition I can think of.
My father was Welsh and my first husband was Scottish (a Scot - never say Scotch as that is the drink) and they also distinguished against being British. My husband now is of pure Polish blood but was born in England and he also feels strongly that if he can't call himself Polish then he is also English.
