August 23, 2001 at 12:00 am #23244
Nicholas Mew
Participant
British could encompass English, Scottish or Welsh. A Welshman or Scotsman would never want to be mistaken for an Englishman. Chances are it would only be an Englishman who would refer to himself as British. I am a British citizen with a British passport, but as my family is from England, I would call myself English. The assumption when one says British is that the person concerned is English, but this is not often used in the United Kingdom. You are from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, and would call yourself English, Scottish, Welsh or … well, the last one depends.