English or British...an American asking

that's all fun and such... but where does the ice go?

Apologies to Finti for posting more or less what you said. I didn't come across your post till after i'd submitted mine.

Originally posted by Colabee
The word Yanks originated from the red Indian name for the white settlers (yangees) and it's a corruption of the Spanish for English which is Anglo and the French which is Anglais and therefore infact the 'yanks' are the English. As the English formed the majority of the early settlers there by making English the national language of the United States the other settlers from Britain and Ireland, one country for most of that time, and to include the Scots (from Scotland) and the Welsh (from Wales) together with the already mentioned English and Irish were all labled with the same name.

Wow, never knew that

We're so stupid here in the states 😉

Don't worry. My dad's a history buff.

Originally posted by Darth Revan
Wow, never knew that

We're so stupid here in the states 😉

that's because we're a bunch of mongrels when yah think about it...

but yeah...i've learned quite a bit here than in the text books...

i wonder though...do the british consider themselves europeans as well?

Of all European nations we are the ones with the least European feeling, but it is something that is coming up more with younger people.

I like Europe but i don't really consider myself part of it because we're an island. We're like the person sat in the corner watching the party going on.

Originally posted by Fëanor
i wonder though...do the british consider themselves europeans as well?

i dont consider myself european, im british.....and Britain not even connected to european continent lol...

I'll happily push the island further away 😄

Originally posted by yerssot
I'll happily push the island further away 😄

lol...😆

my sides are hurting...thank you

😂

i dont consider myself european, im british.....and Britain not even connected to european continent lol...

I'll happily push the island further away

hey, I'm not superman 🙁
I'm superwaffle 😄

and in the meantime I'll fly over to see where mah is 🙁

I agree... as I said before, I'm English... and we have a lot more in common with Scandinavia than we do with Europe.... bring back EFTA!!!

I'm ashamed to say that I'm American. It really sucks.

Originally posted by Darth Revan
I'm ashamed to say that I'm American. It really sucks.

you know...i could never understand that type of comment, esp. from ones that live here, born here and raised here...to me American is just a word to describe what we are not who are...sure I think England and the surrounding countries notwithstanding Europe is awesome for it's cultural heritage and for it's histories...but,

my whole point of this thread was my utter confusion of what was british and what was english...are they the same or are they different...but now, i'm no longer ignorant of that fact...

i'm not american by birth, but it doesn't suck for me...but one day, oh yes...there will come a day when I will visit England...as a tourist... 😛

so DR...hope it won't always be that way...

well, when you get here, be sure to look us up... we'll show you around...

hey dudes, well i dunnop if it's true but i've heard that british por english whaever don't like very much irish? i mean they r ok with scotish...but why do they don't like irish? i just heard this so please explain it to me

dunno bout that i think the majority of english ppl like the irish and the scots (me included 🙂) but the mutual feeling isnt much returned (especially by the scots lol). to be honest the england scotland rivalry is much like that of Newcastle and Sunderland (two cities in the north east of england).

another thing i want to clear up. we geordies are not scottish lol 😛