In article ,
Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 16:30:13 on Tue, 29
Jun 2010, Graeme remarked:
Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Is that North Americans or South Americans?


Maybe for the same reason Brits insist on calling the Netherlands
"Holland"?

In the latter case it doesn't help that the Dutch tourist office refers to
the country as Holland.

http://www.enjoyengland.com/

The map looks like it agrees with the name.

Sam

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 10:07:36 on Tue, 29 Jun
2010, d remarked:

Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Maybe for the same reason Brits insist on calling the Netherlands
"Holland"?

Hardly helped by them having it blazoned on their shirts when they play
football

tim

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 16:30:13 on Tue, 29
Jun 2010, Graeme remarked:
Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Is that North Americans or South Americans?


Maybe for the same reason Brits insist on calling the Netherlands
"Holland"?

In the latter case it doesn't help that the Dutch tourist office refers to
the country as Holland.

http://www.enjoyengland.com/

WTP

The English, Scottish and Welsh Tourist boards are independent entities

tim

I have a mate who comes from California. When I want to wind him up I
refer
to him as a South Canadian.

LOL. I like that.


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Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Who cares?

America and Americans refers ONLY to the peoples of the U.S. of A. The
continent is correctly called North America, no matter what you may think.

Who cares.

See comment above.

Roger Traviss

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http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/

For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l9...Great_Eastern/

Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Is that North Americans or South Americans?

In this case, "Americans". Those of the U.S.A.

And yes, Americans do constantly call anything from the UK "English".
Canadians aren't so bad.


--
Roger Traviss

Photos of the late GER: -
http://www.highspeedplus.com/~rogertra/

For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l9...Great_Eastern/

In message
Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 16:30:13 on Tue, 29
Jun 2010, Graeme remarked:
Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Is that North Americans or South Americans?


Maybe for the same reason Brits insist on calling the Netherlands
"Holland"?

In the latter case it doesn't help that the Dutch tourist office refers to
the country as Holland.

http://www.enjoyengland.com/

That site specifically restricts itself to England so your point is?

See also www.visitscotland.com and www.visitwales.co.uk not to mention
www.yorkshire.com!

--
Graeme Wall

This address not read, substitute trains for rail
Transport Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail
Photo galleries at http://graeme-wall.fotopic.net/

On 29/06/2010 14:47, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:07:36 on Tue, 29 Jun
2010, d remarked:

Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Maybe for the same reason Brits insist on calling the Netherlands
"Holland"?

But so do the Dutch (and more so than the British these days, I
suspect). I've met plenty of people saying they are from Utrecht,
Maastricht or whatever "in Holland". I've never heard a Glaswegian say
he is from north England.


--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On 29/06/2010 02:23, Roger Traviss wrote:
Conversely, there are cases where post-colonial guilt and PC willy-waving
mean Britons use "local" names which the natives might not themselves use.

But at least it's reasonably close to the Spanish, unlike "bowkay" and
"larngeray" for certain French words, as I've mentioned somewhere.

Anyone mentioned Bombardier yet? (being from Quebec, the train and plane
manufacturer is not pronounced like the beer)

Bom-BAR-d'se-ay. That's how it's pronounced in Quebec.

And speaking of post-colonial guilt why do Brits insist on calling North
America "America"

Do they? I would have thought most people were aware of the existence of
Argentina, Brazil, Darkest Peru etc etc.

and ****ing off the Canadians, Mexicans, the people of the
Caribbean Islands etc., by calling us all "Americans"?

Why do Canadians insist on getting ****ed off at being called Americans,
when other Americans don't seem to? Some UK Daily Mail readers might
object to being described as European, but most of us don't. People from
(say) Kenya don't seem to worry that someone might think they are from
South Africa or the Central African Republic if people describe them as
African.

America and Americans refers ONLY to the peoples of the U.S. of A. The
continent is correctly called North America, no matter what you may think.

So is the Latin American Integration Association some kind of US body
which discusses calculus in a classical language?

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Jun 29, 5:22*pm, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 16:30:13 on Tue, 29
Jun 2010, Graeme remarked:

Why do americans insist on calling britain "england"?

Is that North Americans or South Americans?

Maybe for the same reason Brits insist on calling the Netherlands
"Holland"?

In the latter case it doesn't help that the Dutch tourist office refers to
the country as Holland.

http://www.enjoyengland.com/

Er, and your point is what exactly?

http://www.visitbritain.com/