Completely different.
It can be argued that the English still rule the UK.
And British invaders are usually called The English.
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It can be argued that the English still rule the UK.
And British invaders are usually called The English.
It's not completely different at all. The United Kingdom is made up of 4 countries. England is the largest and has the primary government, but Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own regional governments and often different laws to England. When people refer to the UK as 'England' it is a lazy generalisation. We vote independently, we have different sporting teams in most cases, except a few like the olympics. There is simply a bit more substance than just labelling everybody as 'England'.
It's bad enough when the UK government see us as a country surrounded by the M25 without incorrect references from abroad.
Indeed, and so is England and the UK. Two totally different contexts.
Good point, however it illustrates how what one group may simply consider as a generalized name or nickname is viewed differently by the group it refers. I know many southerners who if called a Yank would consider that person to hsve a woefull lack of understanding of US history and culture, just as someone not from England would react negatively to domeone refering to the UK as England; even though in both cases no insult is intended.
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So how many of you call the Netherlands by it's actual name or just say Holland? It's the same thing really, but do I have to get upset every single time somebody calls it Holland (only 2 of the 12 provinces are called Holland (north and south)) instead of using the proper name, the Netherlands?
The exact samething is true for the United States.
A lot of southerners feel the same way when called a Yankee
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I think it's a foreign level of understanding from both sides. I didn't learn anything about American history at school and everything I know is learned since. The same is probably said when people in other countries may not realise the UK is more than one country. If somebody referred to my wife as being English, she'd be offended as she's Welsh. I am English myself and it bothers me less but there is a lot of national passion within the UK and its best not to get the wrong nationality as a reference.
Just been to France with the recent changes. My network is O2 and while everything worked just fine I was only able to use 3G. I checked with O2 and they told me this is what I should expect. Little disappointed as I was expecting 4G. I'm not sure if the other networks are the same, I think EE supports 4G abroad on certain contracts (as well as roaming to places like the US for free) so I'll be switching to them soon. Some amazing deals on.
That's weird, my Dutch provider is KPN, and I've been to the UK, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and had 4G the entire time (except for some abandoned parts on the German motorways). Roam like home shouldn't mean you're on 3G abroad, seems like O2 is taking the piss.
Seems like it, I went onto O2 chat support and they confirmed this. Don't know if it's like this in every country but certainly in France. O2 are losing a customer over this (been with them since the iPhone 3GS) - EE offer me 4G EU roaming and free roaming in the US at a similar price. Just have to check what their signal is like in and around my area as it used to be pretty bad according to friends, checked their coverage maps and things look pretty good now though.