Re: Happy Mothers Day!

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From: Tamzin
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 21:04

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"Eat Dirt" <use_email_in_sig@justbelow.none> wrote in message
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> In article <20040520152733.4f163ce0.s0zero9four2four7@sms.ed.ac.uk>,
>  Stephen Jones <s0zero9four2four7@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > I am British, I am English. However to claim that these statements makes
> > Britain == England is a fallacy.
>
> But that's the very point I tried to make since my very first post: to
> anyone in the world, such a distinction isn't well known. And since even
> the island folk can't seem to agree on what categorizes them as a
> people/culture, how can you expect those from other continents to?
>
> To us you're all English, meaning you're all from England. England is
> the most known country in that rock you call home and you should not
> expect the entire world to realize that your tiny island is comprised of
> 5 distinct countries with 5 or more distinct societies. That simply
> isn't how it works. Want to change that? Sure you can, go to each
> elementary school in each country and force the teachers to teach basic
> UK geography to every student.
>
> Other than that remember that to us you're all a derivative of the
> Englishman, Britishman, UK man, GB man, whatever you wanna call it.

I find it unsettling that you have not assimilated the information presented
to you in this thread.  The closing statement above represents your prior
"knowledge"which has been disproved by your discussion with denizens of the
islands you denigrate.  Surely you are able to incorporate your newly
acquired knowledge about the several diverse nations that make up the UK
into your everyday discourses?  There is certainly no excuse for clinging to
your initial error as you have done.

Tamzin


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From: "Tamzin" <tamzincebula@OBEYMEtheponies.freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Happy Mothers Day!
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