Not in my experience. It's a habit particular to the English.
or watford and the north
which proves that watford and hatfield are the midlands
'Not technically British' would go down like a bowl of cold sick in some such circles...
Nope for Scottish people. Well apart from Sheena Easton...
when you say Britain you really mean the United Kingdom. There is a difference you know
The most vocal nationalists in GB are Scottish and Welsh.
That’s debatable as the descriptor Britain is so ill defined that even the U.K. government use the terms interchangeably in official documents. The is, though, a clear distinction between the terms U.K. and G.B. That, of course, being N.I. although confusingly drivers from N.I. are required to display a G.B. sign on their vehicle when travelling outside the British Isles, even though they explicitly do not live in G.B.
In my experience of living in Wales, NO Welsh person is likely to do this. And, as someone who's half-Scottish, I think it would be very peculiar to hear a Scot eliding that distinction, too.
If asked my nationality, I always say Scottish rather than British. I'd say that's pretty typical (well apart from the odd, certain type of Unionist type perhaps
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I generally say I'm Scottish but live in London in those circumstances.
Similarly, if I'm in the mood to piss about answering such a question, I sometimes say Jutish. Certainly picks out the hard of hearing antisemites.
Down here, if I'm asked about my nationality, I describe myself as "expat Sais", which usually serves OK. And, for the vast majority of the Welsh people I meet, there's none of the swivel-eyed supremacy-driven, three-syllable-England nationalism of the mother country: the Welsh variety is built on pride, joy, and rugby, not Stella, racism, and thumping people.If asked my nationality, I always say Scottish rather than British. I'd say that's pretty typical (well apart from the odd, certain type of Unionist type perhaps
