Why do English people think that they are on a continent... and the rest of the world - an island?

Answer 1

i dont know, i live in wales

Answer 2

No, no, no! You have it got it the wrong way round!
British people think they are on ANOTHER continent altogether. They know they are on an island, but it is their continent.
Europe, Australasia, Asia, South America; North America, the Indian Sub-Continent, Africa, Antartica and The Arctic - those are all places of no interst and no relevance whatever to the Brit.
Just same old been there done that triv.
It's the seas you see. Thats where the attraction lies. Not in the land masses.
From the very beginning of time, or even Once Upon a Time, every Brit baby had to be put into the sewer-soaked Channel when he or she was born. If they survived, they were welcomed back and programmed into saving their continent.
As the continent was so very, very small, they had to sail the seas and pretend other land sightings simply didn't exist.
Please don't burst their bubble! They might just sink.

Answer 3

Because, at heart most British people are still quite proud of this little Island.

We don't have everything right, but we do our best. For example, free national health, education, and welfare support for all regardless of creed, colour, or status. This sets us apart from nearly everywhere else in the world.

We also have a monarchy. It could be argued, the only real monarchy left in the world. A king or queen is higher than a politician or a president in our eyes, so that automatically makes us commoners better than anyone else too. It's There may be a lot of republicans living in Britain today (there always have been), but we've tried to ditch the monarchy before and it didn't work.

Finaly, most people refer to us as the United Kingdom. It has a nice ring to it, but remember, we are still Great Britain.

Answer 4

I am a World citizen living on an island called the United Kingdom
which belongs geographically to the continent of Europe !
Where are you than...........

Answer 5

The continent is "Europe", which is to the left of the USA - have a look on a map.
Great Britain is an island... the best one there is!

Answer 6

dont get the question am scottish but i really like the english, met a couple of irish boys recently they said they dont like the english cos they stick union jack dummys in the babys mouths cos england likes 2 let everyoneone no there english and they make it abig issue but i think they r just proud of who they r like everyone else in the world,have ever met anyone that dosemt think there country is the best and they r so proud 2 be from that place i love the english but especially the liverpuddions they r so funny love the accent ok am getting 2 deep now am not even answering the question just expressing how i feel i should go now xx

Answer 7

???

I'm English, I live on an island, that is part of the continent of Europe.

Don't know what planet you're on though...

Answer 8

"British" people do not think they are on a continent. They KNOW they are part of the continent of Europe.
The rest of your question makes no sense at all.

Answer 9

Sounds like you are feeling a bit of pitty for yourself. Where are you from? What is your agenda? You would'nt be French would you? Or Irish? The world is full of cocky people. Be true to yourself and who you are. To hell with rest.

Answer 10

It's like the story of the frog in the well. He could only see a small patch of sky but he thought that's all there was.

Answer 11

having lived here all my life and been through the education system, from infancy to recently finishing uni, i can only put this down to ignorrance mate, as like every country on the planet, the U.K has its fair share of un-eduated, illiterate, dummies