Euler diagram of the terminology of the British Isles
Euler diagram of the terminology of the British Isles
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Apparently, Scots and Irish believe British == English. Or, they can't stand the thought of being labeled in any similar category as the English.
At least for Scots, this is not a general case. Some consider themselves not to be British because they don't want Scotland to be part of the UK, others will take exception to the conflation of "British" with "English" because that implies that Scotland is just considered part of England. You don't even have to have strong feelings either way about either England or the UK for that one.
At least for now, the word "British" is associated more with the political entity of the UK than the geographical entity of the island of Great Britain. That most of Scotland is on the island of Great Britain will not persuade anyone in the first camp.
Do people that live in this diagram consider “Britain” synonymous with “Great Britain”?
More likely to consider it synonymous with the UK in most contexts.
It stopped being Great after Brexit