whats the difference between English and British?

Answer 1

english is like the language n stuf
britsh is bout england AND wales n place like that
lmaoooooo r u british???
it rules lol
answer plz im soooooo bored
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Answer 2

This question is in the languages section ... but there's no 'British language' as such..! If you ARE talking about languages, then Britain has several, because Britain is made up of England, Wales, and Scotland. English - the language of England - is commonly used in all three of the countries that make up Britain.

If, however, you are talking about nationalities for some reason, then what the others have said about people from Scotland, Wales & England ALL being British is right, and people from Scotland are also Scottish, people from Wales are also Welsh.

However - the people from England are not officially described as English anymore ... part of the political correctness campaign involves deleting English as a nationality, while increasing the importance of Welsh and Scottish (and Irish, but they're not physically part of Britain so we'll ignore that for now,) so we English are not allowed to describe ourselves as such anymore! We are expected to fill in our national census forms with the information that we're British - the Scottish can select Scottish, the Welsh can select Welsh ... but the English are only permitted to be British!! Many of us were so pi**ed off by that that we selected 'other' and filled in the box with 'English'! Frankly, the whole 'down with the English' thing goes too far.

Answer 3

English in the respect of nationality, is those that are from England are English, whilst British is more a representation of your NATIONality which should be used in the international sense or geopoltical sense..

e.g.
I am Scottish and British
I am English and British.
I come from ireland and live in the British Isles.

You often see the words interchanged.

However, England is a country whilst Britain is short form of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and compromises of many countries.

See Terminology at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_%28terminology%29

Answer 4

The United Kingdom is a British country. England is an English territory. "British" is also used historically when referring to England and her colonies (British Empire but not English Empire). Before the U.S. was a country, the colonies in North America were referred to as "British", but not "English" to distinguish the riff-raff from the mother country. Same thing with Australia.

Answer 5

Great Britain consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. If you are from there you are British. If you were born in England you are English, Scotland, scottish, Wales, welsh and Northern Ireland, irish. So I am English having been born in England but I am also British, coming from the British Isles.

Answer 6

They can be synonyms but England, Wales and Scotland
are the three main Insular components of Great Britain.
English is the language of England, a mixture of Saxon
and Normand

Answer 7

English comes from Englund and British come from Great Britain, two separate countries.

Answer 8

not all english are brits

Answer 9

the accent