Mr_Blott to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoThe UK section of my local supermarket is taking the pissimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1419arrow-down19
arrow-up1410arrow-down1imageThe UK section of my local supermarket is taking the pissMr_Blott to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoTikka masala is English food no matter how Indian it seems
minus-squareFozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 months agoIt was invented in Scotland, so it’s British but not English.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·4 months agoStill can’t understand how some people think England is synonymous with the entire United Kingdom, when in reality it’s only a fraction of it.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoProbably because it’s the centerpiece of the whole UK? Probably because it’s the country that created Britain and the UK to begin with? It’s really not that confusing if you put even a little thought into it.
minus-squareFozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBritain is the island and there have been Britons there since before the Romans showed up, England has only been a thing for around a millennium (though the Angles were around since before then)
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·4 months agoI suck at putting thoughts into things. The downvote button is right there, waiting to be pressed.
Tikka masala is English food no matter how Indian it seems
It was invented in Scotland, so it’s British but not English.
Still can’t understand how some people think England is synonymous with the entire United Kingdom, when in reality it’s only a fraction of it.
Probably because it’s the centerpiece of the whole UK?
Probably because it’s the country that created Britain and the UK to begin with?
It’s really not that confusing if you put even a little thought into it.
Britain is the island and there have been Britons there since before the Romans showed up, England has only been a thing for around a millennium (though the Angles were around since before then)
I suck at putting thoughts into things.
The downvote button is right there, waiting to be pressed.