I had watched his show a couple of times and never would have known that he is British until I saw him on Ellen Degeneres today. At first I thought it was a joke, really I did.
I do like the show, I just don't have the time to watch everything I would like to.
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shareCan I be dead picky and say that he's English, not British? Sorry. As an English person it just really annoys me.
shareas i,m an English person i tend to say i,m both English and British.
shareI always say I'm British.
shareI always say English. My nationality is British but I'm from England. But whatever. It just bugs me when people talk about being British, but especially when people say British accent seeing as there isn't really one.
shareWow! Now I'm totally confused. I mean I was uncertain before as to whether one was called English or British, but now I have no idea what to say. Also, if you say there is no British accent, what exactly to you call it? If I hear someone like Jonny Lee Miller speak I'd say he has an English accent, but I know that there are different accents in England (or should I say Great Britain?). Just like here in the US there are different accents in different parts of the country, but if I were to compare the accents to another country I would just say an American accent.
Anyway, my point being that I would never want to insult someone by saying they're English when they prefer British or vice versa but it's confusing. Could someone set me straight? Thanks!
Don't worry about it sweetie it isn't important. English or British use which ever.
shareNo you shouldnt say Great Britain. Great Britain, The United Kingdom and England are all different
GB - Larger of the 2 islands (Wales, Scotland and England)
UK - This also included Northern Ireland
England - A Part of the UK and of GB
So many people (an amazing amount of Americans) it seems have this idea that this island is England and that the other "countries" just make up the numbers and have no importance over London and England. I live in Scotland which is part of the United Kingdom and I live in Ayrshire in Scotland. Not only is my accent completely different to people from Northern Ireland, England and Wales it is different to people living in Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and many other places in Scotland. I even use different words and expressions to people living in Lanarkshire which is a half hour drive away. So just think what that is like when you head south to England, go past Newcastle and hear their accent, go to Yorkshire, Liverpool, Manchester and thats still nowhere near London! The same goes for Wales and Northern Ireland.
There is no such thing as a British accent. I have a British passport but do not like being called British and prefer just Scottish :). When it comes to America it is a strange one, for most people over here, if they heard a Canadian speak for example they would assume they were American. America has a lot of accents obviously but so many of them are very very similar and you can tell when the person is from the States. Compare that to the Irish, Welsh and Scots who all have their own language (Gaelic, Welsh etc) and you can see that they are completely different. America speaks English all over (except California :P). Hard to explain what I am saying here but to say that someone has a British accent when you are obviously referring to an English person talk is insulting for a lot of people. If you heard a Scottish person talk for example would you call it British? Or do they need to sound like a butler from a sitcom?