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Old 17-04-2008, 05:09 PM   #28 (permalink)
Northumbrian
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Originally Posted by Alex McKee View Post
England and Wales together would still occupy far more of Great Britain, this island, than Scotland. It would, therefore, be perfectly acceptable to call ourselves Britons.

Just as the United States of America occupies a large area of North America and call themselves Americans.
What a load of nonsense! I'll call myself after the name of the country I live in - not an island, if you don't mind.

And to compound your nonsense, Canada occupies more of North America than the USA, but they don't call themselves American.

Oh for a sensible debate!
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