@Mr_Blott@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 14 days agoThe UK section of my local supermarket is taking the pissfeddit.ukimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down19
arrow-up1410arrow-down1imageThe UK section of my local supermarket is taking the pissfeddit.uk@Mr_Blott@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 14 days agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-square@FozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilink15•13 days agoIt was invented in Scotland, so it’s British but not English.
minus-squareResol van LemmylinkfedilinkEnglish4•13 days agoStill can’t understand how some people think England is synonymous with the entire United Kingdom, when in reality it’s only a fraction of it.
minus-square@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•13 days agoProbably because it’s the centerpiece of the whole UK? Probably because it’s the country that created Britain and the UK to begin with? It’s really not that confusing if you put even a little thought into it.
minus-square@FozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•11 days agoBritain is the island and there have been Britons there since before the Romans showed up, England has only been a thing for around a millennium (though the Angles were around since before then)
minus-squareResol van LemmylinkfedilinkEnglish0•13 days agoI suck at putting thoughts into things. The downvote button is right there, waiting to be pressed.
It was invented in Scotland, so it’s British but not English.
Still can’t understand how some people think England is synonymous with the entire United Kingdom, when in reality it’s only a fraction of it.
Probably because it’s the centerpiece of the whole UK?
Probably because it’s the country that created Britain and the UK to begin with?
It’s really not that confusing if you put even a little thought into it.
Britain is the island and there have been Britons there since before the Romans showed up, England has only been a thing for around a millennium (though the Angles were around since before then)
I suck at putting thoughts into things.
The downvote button is right there, waiting to be pressed.