Anyone Else Not Know The Difference Between England, Great Britain, UK, London etc

[MikeyC]

So why do black people born in London say they’re British but not English?

Mainly because the concept of Englishness has been appropriated and b*stardised by the lager swigging, yobbiah, belligerent racists you tend to get at England football matches.

:dunnoboutdat:

 

[MikelArteta]

Weird as hell so at the Olympics it's only great Britain?

But at the world cup it's England etc

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

their ancestors came from the colonies aka Britain not England

that still doesn't make any logical sense bro

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

nah ..... a lot of people think that tho

All English are British but All British aren’t English?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Is this the same fukkin place or 4 different cities

Don’t get mad if people start calling you dumb my brother

 

[UberEatsDriver]

where are Scottish people from?

Wait what?

 

[TEH]

that still doesn't make any logical sense bro

The colonies were Britain

governors

British citizenship

etc

Most black there are descended from colonies

 

[Roid Jones]

 

[DreadBrown]

So why do black people born in London say they’re British but not English?

Im british because I’m a citizen of Great Britain. But I’m not english cuz Im Jamaican, english people are white.

 

[mbewane]

Weird as hell so at the Olympics it's only great Britain?

But at the world cup it's England etc

Yeah I wondered about this too, turns out in FIFA and UEFA it's member organizations competing as opposed to countries. So "France" is really the French soccer organization, just as "England" is the english one...and they (Ireland, Wales, etc) all are independent members because modern soccer was invented and organized there before FIFA even existed. The Faroe Islands used this to organize themselves, even though they're part of Denmark. The rule was later changed.

Why does England get its own team in the World Cup?

At the end of the article it explains their Olympics situation too, where there's some internal disputes (basically only Englishmen play for the UK team )

 

[MikeyC]

Weird as hell so at the Olympics it's only great Britain?

But at the world cup it's England etc

Olympics: Great Britain / Ireland (Northern Irelnaders can compete for either)
Soccer: England / Scotland / Wales / Northern Ireland / Republic of Ireland
Rugby: England / Scotland / Wales / Ireland (both Republic & Northern)
Cricket: England & Wales / Scotland / Ireland (both Republic & Northern)

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Don’t get mad if people start calling you dumb my brother

For asking a question? And based off a lotta the comments, I'm not the only one confused

 

[Blackrogue]

I came to clown but I actually learnt something useful today

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

The colonies were Britain

governors

British citizenship

etc

Most black there are descended from colonies

nicca I'm from the UK, you're not telling me anything new. It still LOGICALLY doesn't make sense. I'm not saying you're not telling the truth on why it is the way it is. I'm just saying it's bullsh_t. It's just a way for the white people of England to separate themselves from minorities who were born in England and state "we're not the same". As far as I'm concerned, you are where you were born. Nation is dictated by land, not blood imo. (i'm fully aware this isn't how real life works but I never said real life runs on logic, unfortunately )

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

Im british because I’m a citizen of Great Britain. But I’m not english cuz Im Jamaican, english people are white.

where was you born brah?