by Dugald » Thu May 31, 2007 11:46 am
Peekay, I share your feeling on this matter, and have suffered the same frustration as you for most of my life. Unfortunately there's not too much we can do about it. We, the people of Scotland, count only a bit more than five million in numbers, and, sadly, most of the rest of the world treat us as past of England. This practice is very common in Canada, and one comes across it every day in all types of media. The German language too, for example, always refers to the "British" as "English". It's not going to change, and I think the best thing to do is learn to live with it.
"A lot of Scots, Irish and Welsh died onboard what you seem to think is an English fleet.".
You know, I may be wrong, but it seems to me whenever deaths at sea in RN ships was spoken of in the media during the war, I never ever heard the expression "English Fleet" used, it was always the "British Navy" deaths.
I think Glasgowken has a point, and I tend to agree with him, when he says:
"Errrmmm... to be honest PK, a slightly more polite message explaining his mistake may have got a better response"
Yes PK, I know it's tough to control one's tongue when exposed to this thoughtless rubbish, but perhaps you deprived your main point of its value by your use of " ignorant idiot", and sent your adversary spiraling into invective. Anyway, remember, I'm on your side!