Mostly that's an indication of just how desperate they were before that happened.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 19/11/2012 10:30:40 PM
Even though he is Scottish...
After over seventy years with no wins in their own Grand Slam or any other, I dare say they'd have worshipped any even remotely British man who finally got a win, even if he was from the Falklands, Bermuda, Jersey or some other funny part of the United Kingdom.
That, and of course the Scots never deny that they are British, they merely dislike being told so. Although a fair part of them does want to become independent and hopes to stop being British as a result; if Murray had been among those, perhaps things would've been different.
So, I found this video explaining the differences between The UK, Great Britain, England, etc.
19/11/2012 07:18:13 PM
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Great Britain is an island containing England, Scotland and Wales.
19/11/2012 08:07:35 PM
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Is that why Andy Murray is getting credit for being British? *NM*
19/11/2012 08:46:45 PM
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Ideally, yes; most likely, no.
19/11/2012 08:55:22 PM
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They keep saying "the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since 1938"
19/11/2012 10:12:44 PM
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Mostly that's an indication of just how desperate they were before that happened.
19/11/2012 10:30:40 PM
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Plus he is British
19/11/2012 10:49:38 PM
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I do believe I said so in my post, yes.
19/11/2012 11:00:05 PM
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Barely so, I would say.
19/11/2012 11:14:08 PM
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But Scotland is a different country than England, yes?
20/11/2012 12:34:07 AM
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Yes and no. Mostly no.
20/11/2012 10:59:10 AM
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So would you say
20/11/2012 04:21:36 PM
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Kind of, but not precisely. It's probably the easiest way to look at it, though. *NM*
20/11/2012 06:23:34 PM
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I am about as Anglophile as they come, as I dare say you may have noticed...
20/11/2012 07:35:36 PM
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Yes
20/11/2012 09:35:54 PM
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Now you just had to go and remind me...
20/11/2012 09:49:41 PM
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I'm speechless.
20/11/2012 10:08:53 PM
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Well, it IS true.
20/11/2012 08:12:13 PM
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I didn't say uncomfortable, I said funny.
20/11/2012 08:19:32 PM
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True, but it always felt very awkward to me, even when I considered mens tennis worth watching.
01/12/2012 05:10:21 PM
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Not all Scots dislike being called British. Only the Nationalist ones.
20/11/2012 07:34:32 PM
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Well, that is more reasonable then.
20/11/2012 08:07:18 PM
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Uh, what?
20/11/2012 08:55:12 PM
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Independence from England.
24/11/2012 01:37:11 PM
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The point I'm guessing Rebekah is referring to, and it's a fairly important one...
28/11/2012 07:20:11 PM
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Except that England did, however briefly, conquer and control Scotland.
01/12/2012 04:55:08 PM
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Re: Not all Scots dislike being called British. Only the Nationalist ones.
21/11/2012 12:58:26 AM
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