Edward
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I hear "this country" used in place of any of the terms that refer to the United Kingdom/Great Britain/England. I know they all mean different combinations of those places, but it's like a blanket term for any combination of those places. Maybe they're just referring to England. Ah, forget it. I've derailed the topic enough as it is. Sorry that I'm not clear enough on this.
FWIW, in my experience, two kinds of people refer to the UK as one "country" - those Northern Ireland Unionists who employ the terminology to emphasise the Union, and the English. The rest of we uppity Celts - those of us pedantic enough to care, that is, will often take umbridge. The UK is a state, not a country. Course, so many folks don't even know the Difference between the UK and Great Britain.... lol I only really get wound up by it when you get BBC presenters interchangeably using the term "the country" in the way I once heard in a BBC newscast - "And so that's the weather, rain across the whole country, from Glasgow down to London. And now, I'm sure people all ovder the country will be tuning in tonight to cheer on our boys [the England team] in their latest World Cup match..." :rage:
In my experience they will accept "Yanks" a lot easier than the military form of address of "Septics".... I believe that one has to remain an informal nickname for now..
lol ....Seppos.....