Some fan on the BBC news this morning dressed in Union Jack regalia, when asked about Murray said ‘it would be great to see an Englishman in the final’, therefore he is. The (very Scottish) SO loved that…

Bravo Old Bean!

what??? I didnt understand a word of that

COME ON, TIM!

Well given it was acceptable at one time to refer to anyone who was British as English then he can be. Of course the Scot’s spat their dummies out at this and demanded it not be used to refer to al Brits.

He’ll be English if he loses, but British if he wins (an Englishman isn’t allowed to win by definition).

it was never acceptable!! and only ever used by retards!

Well given it was acceptable at one time to refer to anyone who was British as English

Must…. Not…. Bite….

Pardon my ignorance, but when was it acceptable to refer to all Brits as English???

i hope hes not . Jumped up bell end 🙂

As soon as you leave UK everyone knows Great Britain is the country of the English (and emigrants 😉 ).

this is true hairy i was often asked when i said i was from leeds if it was near london or manchester lol

Pardon my ignorance, but when was it acceptable to refer to all Brits as English???

’twas on QI, so it must be true.

I remember watching the world cup final in 1966 and thinking that “we” were the English. OK, so I was only 7 at the time, but I was completely unaware of the internal divisions in the UK. Didn’t Shell or Esso do a commemerative coin collection soon afterwards – which was, of course, UK wide.

Most foreigners assume English=British and many are unaware that Scotland is actually part of Great Britain at all.

If he’s not English then why does he wear Fred Perry? 😛

I remember watching the world cup final in 1966 and thinking that “we” were the English.

Typical Scots trying to take the credit for English successes. 😉

I smiled when Mars changed the name of a Mars bar to ‘believe’ a few years back to coincide with England playing in the world cup – & tried to sell it UK wide

From a foreigner’s PoV:
English – drink warm, stale beer, eat baked beans, wear 3 Lions shirt
Welsh – Giggs and sheep
Scottish – talk funny (like Germans), play stoopid instruments, all are ginger
Northern Irish – Irish who are English.

Scottish – talk funny (like Germans), play stoopid instruments, all are ginger

eat studff that isn’t really food – deep fried mars bars, haggis

eat studff that isn’t really food – deep fried mars bars, haggis

Mmmmmm!!! My local chip shop claims to be “the birthplace of the deep fried mars bar”. I have yet to try it! 😉

“the birthplace of the deep fried mars bar”

deep fried Believe bar, surely?

DFMBs are fine. I serve them (fun size) with some quality vanilla ice cream.

If he’s not English then why does he wear Fred Perry?

Yep, and Henman was actually German.

Henman was German in the past, now he’s Chiswickian.

Fred Perry’s were de rigeure for Ska boys all over Scotland early-mid 80s. I had 7 different colours.

All trying to be English.

wd alcohol

Alcohol may have caused the death of twice as many Scots as previously thought.

Futureboy – you’re in Stonehaven? Do they still do beer’n’barbie nights at the open air pool? mmmm alcohol, hot fat and salt water, a winning combination.

binbler
well yeah, that’s because “death by alcohol” used to mean drinking yourself to death, ie cirrhosis and the like, but has now been redefined to include deaths through drink driving, booze fuelled assault and horrifying accidents whilst operating power tools boozed up and naked.
And as a rsult, there’s more “alcohol related deaths” well, d’uh, who’d have thought?

Why isn’t he playing in a kilt? Is it because the tartan would break the regs? It isn’t very patriotic of him is it 😯

Hah – he should be drinking Irn Bru at change-over time too.

Henman was actually German

That qualifies him as royalty, doesn’t it?

BigButSlimmerBloke – Sure am. Dunno about the Beer Open Air Pool. Sounds like it’d be a good nite!

Henman was actually German

Aren’t all English actually German (give or take – Anglo-Saxon you know). Britons were the people who were here before the English.

And the Scots come from Ireland – FACT (Dunadd fort was their first capital in mainland Scotland)

From a foreigner’s PoV:
English – drink warm, stale beer, eat baked beans, wear 3 Lions shirt
Welsh – Giggs and sheep
Scottish – talk funny (like Germans), play stoopid instruments, all are ginger
Northern Irish – Irish who are English.

almost.
After conducting an in-depth survey of lots of foreign types, I can confirm that it actually goes as follows:
English – drink warm, stale beer, eat baked beans, wear 3 Lions shirt
Welsh – Inbred leek-crunching cottage-burning yokels who would be better off if somebody just nuked the entire ‘country’
Scottish – talk funny (like Germans), play stoopid instruments, all are ginger
Northern Irish – Irish who are English.

Can someone explain why some S’s used to be written/printed like an f? I’m sure I could google for an answer but why do it myself when 50 people on STW will race to do it for me?

Thanks

It’s true, y’know. Rusedski was English when he won, and American when he lost or took steroids. Lennox Lewis was also English when he won and Scottish when he lost

futureboy – you should check it out, there might be something at the pool, they were a great laugh, but like I said, alcohol, hot fat and salt water, I can see the h&s people losing the plot at that.
The website shows midnight swims, but doesn’t mention the barbie or boozing parts.
I left about 7 or 8 years ago, but still help out at the fireballs most years. Another brilliant piece of The Hive

AndyP – do you really think anybody REALLY knows where Wales is?

good point, well made.

BEB, that’s how they used to be written, not sure why there is a mix of f and s shaped Ss though.