Richard500
Senior Member
Interestingly our team is called the team of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.... it's too confusing to explain this oddity but I will try....
Scotland is a country within the United Kingdom but they are also British although Scottish because they are in the British Isles... Wales is a Principality (and a Country), is also in the UK and they are British and also Welsh. Those living in Cornwall think they are in a separate country but they are English who are also British. The British are NOT English, OK so far? Now, the Northern Irish are in fact Irish (or called Scotch Irish by some Americans ??) but they are British (when it suits them) although they are probably Irish as Ireland is NOT part of the UK or GB... although they are part of the British Isles..... sigh. OK, the NI are a mix of all sorts of Scots, Irish and dare I say - through marriage, English as well... mind you there are so many British and Irish marriages we can't tell who's who these days. I went to a school in London as a boy where we all wore shamrock on St Patricks Day and I was the one who felt left out 'cos I was English.
Why all this then?
IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS
Little Britain.. TINY Compared to the USA and China yet we are 3rd in the Medals in the Olympics!!!
14 Golds today .. more to come!!!
Had to gloat... sorry....
Scotland is a country within the United Kingdom but they are also British although Scottish because they are in the British Isles... Wales is a Principality (and a Country), is also in the UK and they are British and also Welsh. Those living in Cornwall think they are in a separate country but they are English who are also British. The British are NOT English, OK so far? Now, the Northern Irish are in fact Irish (or called Scotch Irish by some Americans ??) but they are British (when it suits them) although they are probably Irish as Ireland is NOT part of the UK or GB... although they are part of the British Isles..... sigh. OK, the NI are a mix of all sorts of Scots, Irish and dare I say - through marriage, English as well... mind you there are so many British and Irish marriages we can't tell who's who these days. I went to a school in London as a boy where we all wore shamrock on St Patricks Day and I was the one who felt left out 'cos I was English.
Why all this then?
IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS
Little Britain.. TINY Compared to the USA and China yet we are 3rd in the Medals in the Olympics!!!
14 Golds today .. more to come!!!
Had to gloat... sorry....
