Briton,British,Englishman?
2006-10-17 03:35:53 · 19 answers · asked by ##$SoulStryker$## 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Hello Sir, or ma'am
2006-10-17 03:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by sacharose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is not about addressing but naming. The two are different.
For naming: NEVER call Englishman anyone asssociated with Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and perhaps even Cornwall. Lots of them do reside in England, and lots of those do not consider themselves English.
The English English sometimes identify anything British as home, e.g. may root for Scotland in international soccer matches. However, Scots will generally e.g. not root for England, as all Other Nations do feel to a very large extent to be dominated by England, even if they do contribute prime ministers, etc.
Depending on the contest you can use:
- British citizens (or cornily, subjects)
- Britons, or informally Brits
- British (women, people, men, dogs)
As for addressing, address them using those funny post codes with letters and numbers. which are unique throughout the UK, Canada, Australia, and a few other places.
Do not use zip codes of US places with the same name as the British ones (besides, there's usually several US for each British) or the USPS, UPS, and many others may physically route your mail to that area before they figure out the mess.
Luck has it that lots of Italian 5-digit zip codes are identical to US ones, so sometimes mail is misrouted to the corresponding US area instead of overseas.
Please do not comment negatively on this off-theme section of post as it is factually correct and meant in jest.
2006-10-17 11:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by Nomore Replies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By their name.
2006-10-17 10:41:36 · answer #3 · answered by AsianPersuasion :) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Hi" or "Hello" usually does it for me. There's also "Good Morning/Afternoon".
If you want to be more formal then any of the above can be followed by "Sir" or "Ma'am", Mr. or Mrs. etc etc.
You will usually then be invited to use the person's first name unless you have encountered one of my more stuffy fellow-countrymen. (We're not all called Nigel or John, by the way - and most of us are completely friendly when you get to know us, just a little more formal to start with - we don't do over-familiarity well unless we're good friends or totally drunk)
If you mean how would you refer to someone from Britain then "British" works well. Or if you happen to know whether they come from Scotland, Wales or England then Scotsman, Welshman or Englishman work as well.
The English/British thing is a bit of a vexed question... technically Great Britain is a "nation of nations" and my nationality is actually "English" rather than British (and also I actually prefer to call myself English, even to the extent of crossing out "British" and replacing it with "English" on forms when I give my nationality). Others prefer British which is fine by me.
The one thing that does cause a problem is referring to the whole of Britain as "England"... especially when talking to a Scotsman or Welshman. Terms such as "the English Navy" do not go down well (actually it's "the Royal Navy", with no indication of nationality at all!).
[and especially for Jennster -I'd rather have big ears and bad teeth (which I happen not to have) than be a grotesquely obese red-necked bigotted ignorant trailer-trash tramp who's so stupid they can't walk and chew gum at the same time... you see stereotypes cut both ways and the image most Brits have of "yanks" is equally offensive... and equally inaccurate - although I guess we both agree about the French]
2006-10-17 10:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
by their name.
2006-10-17 10:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by smtwtfs_2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The common term is British, unless you happen to know which country they are from, in which case it would be English / Scottish / Welsh / Irish
2006-10-17 10:42:48 · answer #6 · answered by shoby_shoby2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love how all these big eared-bad teeth uk people thing youre
american because you asked them a question. Don't
bother, they think they're better than everyone else in the world.
The only country with a bigger stick up thier @ss are the French.
Both would benefit greatly from extermination.
2006-10-17 10:57:11 · answer #7 · answered by Jenster*is*flipping*you*off 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well if hes not in england and you call him english you may get shot or something. id go with british
2006-10-17 10:41:29 · answer #8 · answered by mr_soapytitwank 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, person from Britain...
2006-10-17 10:42:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
British people are subjects, American people are citizens.
2006-10-17 10:42:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋