Help please? Brit pick...
Oct. 3rd, 2006 02:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foxmonkeyI 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. :-)
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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Date: 2006-10-18 09:23 am (UTC)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.