As a Kiwi import to Scotland, that's always amused me. 
Rebekah Send a noteboard - 21/11/2012 04:33:34 PM
Rebekah Send a noteboard - 21/11/2012 04:33:34 PM
For several years, whenever he has won anything, English commentators have referred to him as a British tennis player. When he loses, they refer to him as Scottish. Us Scots are thrawn, thrawn buggers about things like that and it winds us up the wrong way.
It makes me giggle every single time. And my Scottish friends always mention it at the time on Facebook &c so there's lots of opportunity for amusement.
Interestingly, after the Olympics and US Open wins, there were, for the first time I can remember, a few pundits referring to him as Scottish despite his winning...
I noticed that. And they weren't even Scottish!
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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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- 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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- 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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- 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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The Andy Murray issue that riles us Scots is....
- 21/11/2012 03:57:44 PM
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As a Kiwi import to Scotland, that's always amused me.
- 21/11/2012 04:33:34 PM
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- 21/11/2012 04:33:34 PM
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*NM*
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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