Help please? Brit pick...

[foxmonkey]

I have a question for any Brits on my flist. And *please* excuse my ignorance. I'm embarrassed that I have to ask about this!

How do you refer to yourself, are you English or British? What's the key difference? How would Draco Malfoy refer to himself?

I started to Google around to see what I could find, but I'd rather hear what real live people have to say. :-) Thanks in advance to anyone who responds. :-)

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[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

I'm a Yorkshirewoman, which trumps both of those :-)

Thanks, woman! So, then, is one term more posh than the other? More old-fashioned? Rather, are there people who'd consider one term more posh or snooty than the other? Do you read Harry Potter? I'm trying to get a handle on how the Malfoys might refer to themselves. Thanks if you can help. :-)

[nopseud]

I expect I'm too late to do any good here, but...

I wouldn't really say that either one is more posh or old-fashion, really. English is more specific. 'I'm British' covers the Welsh, Scots and other bits around the edges (but not the Northern Irish), and so it tends to annoy someone from Scotland or Wales to be called English.

I assume the Malfoys come from somewhere in England proper, so they might use either. OTOH, I only read the first two or three HP books, so I'm probably not the best person to ask.