Fabian scripsit:
> > I have no trouble using "French" to refer to any francophone, but
> > "English" refers only to people or things from England. (Loosely,
> > it may be extended to things related to the U.K. as a whole, too.)
>
> Quite apart from the Quebecois and the Tahitians, calling someone from
> North Wales "English" is literally asking for a fight. Even most
> non-ENglish people in England dislike being called "English".
I carefully said "people or things from England ... things [but not people]
related to the U.K.".
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