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[–] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It's Scottish English. Don't call a Scottish person English, they might take offence.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

That is what we call a "significant faux pas" in the industry

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 12 points 3 months ago

See dah's wye aye sèh Bri'ish, i's inkloosiv wen a mnoh shoah witch country i's from

[–] Theme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago

Scottish is British, they didn't call them English

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Until the blighters start to demand independence like the Irish I'm gonna call them English and they can pound sand.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They're part of Great Britain, but not part of England.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

The English rule it all, so they get to be English until they tell them to fuck off.