Thread: The anyone but England thread!
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Old 29-06-2006, 13:17   #662
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Re: The anyone but England thread!
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Originally Posted by Russ D
But the media continues to use both Scottish and British. You don't think it's form-dependant? Let's wait until he's knocked out and see what they say then.
Fair enough.


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I don't know - and it's not something to moan about really, merely an observation. Here is another example - why refer to her as Welsh? When Stephen Fry (for example) took over as host of HIGNFY, he wasn't introduced as an 'English comedian'.

It's all very trivial and is drifting off topic but I'm just pointing these things out as contributary factors as to why many celts feel alienated from the English (and thread like this spring up).
As I said earlier I agreed with your general point
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