yeah, I have that problem too...sometimes...

"People who don`t know that Scotland and England and Scottish and English are NOT THE SAME. See also: people who refer to Britain as England."

And what about the Welsh?
Are they from England too?

"Americans who are not aware that we have TV in scotland because we actually invented it. This also applies to radio etc."

One of my peeves is foreigners who call people form the U.S., "Americans". Yes, I`m an American but Americans can live anywhere from the Beagle Channel Chile /Argentina Border all the way up to Baffin Island or so.

Mrs C. Check out the person called Lera on this board. See the " my F and G sound the same" thread. Maybe from Russia.

No, the Welsh are from Wales, which is a little more complicated, politically speaking. Technically we are all British though there are a lot of Scottish nationalists who don`t believe that!

We have our own parliaments and everything.

"One of my peeves is foreigners who call people form the U.S., "Americans". Yes, I`m an American but Americans can live anywhere from the Beagle Channel Chile /Argentina Border all the way up to Baffin Island or so."

But you ARE Amercan. At least according to Wikipedia which states tht "American" can be used to refer to a native or citizen of the USA OR a native of citizien of the Americas. So tehcnically I`m correct.

However referring to me, a Scot, as "English" or stating that I live in "England" is actually factually incorrect. I`m British and Scottish but I`m certainly not English. What you rather we called you anyway: Statish?

But Mrs C I don`t recognize Wikipedia as a scholarly Encyoclopedia. It is basically a collective of input from anyone from what I understand. As is much of the internet, not always 100% accurate. I will accept however that it is a common misnomer to call citizens of the U.S., "Americans." In my opinion it is not a sufficiently defining statement unless it is only important to define our location or location of origin as any location amoungst one of the American countries. I also realize that it is far easier to call us "Americans" over any of the other options. Saying that they`re a "United States of America Citizen" doesn`t exactly roll off the tongue as easily.

Scottish? I`ll have to keep that in mind. Now our friends from Israel who practice the Jewish faith have told me that being called Jewish is wrong because it sounds more like a person is kind of like a Jew. They say you either are or aren`t. So are you kind of like a Scot?

~Bilbo

OK, well if you don`t trust wikipedia (which in my experience is actually rather good) perhaps you will be more kindly disposed to the Penguin English Dictionary, which I have specially lugged off the shelf, and which defines "American" as follows: "1 A native of inhabitant of N America (or less often, S or Central America). 2 A native or inhabitant of the USA" I`m sure most other dictionaries will tell you the same thing.

As for Scottish- I`ve never thought about it that way. Basically, as long as you don`t call us English or say that we live in England (near, but not IN) then you`re OK.

Oh- but don`t ever ever call us SCOTCH.

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Oh- but don`t ever ever call us SCOTCH."

Isn`t that a type of light apertif?

At the risk of sending you over the edge Mrs. C. (I hope that you know it`s all in fun) why do you Britishers call steak fries, "Chips"? Chips are potato chips. -Pringles and Ruffles are brand names over the pond. These potato wedges served with fried fish in a boat or an old newspaper filled with ink chemicals called, "Fish and Chips" as one of the most celebrated national dishes are really slices of potato and not usually chipped from the tuber. oops...our chips in the U.S. are actually slices also. My bad.....BUt don`t get me started on foods. I went to a fancy restaurant which had a dish that the amin Entre was calle "Filet". So I asked the waitress, "Filet of what?" and she finally said after a few tries, "Filet Mignon." I thought maybe it was a Filet of Catfish, Cat, Opossum or Ostrich or something. -maybe even the local farmer. I don`t know. I wasn`t going to take that kind of chance on ordering an expensive dish.
~Bilbo

I was working with a british violinist in an orchestra in Germany who had friends here in NYC, when she came to visit those friends and wanted Crips, they informed her that we call them "stiffs" not crisps, she then went to the counter of the deli and asked for a bag of "stiffs"

Oh my God! How funny!!!! Sounds like a prank I would do.

In reply to the things about chips,

Here in Britain potato snacks you buy in bags ready made and tubes - pringles etc. are crisps, not chips. I believe this is accurate considering that they are crisp in texture.

The other type, namely `chips` couldn`t be called anything else, because then it would sound wrong if you wanted `fish & chips`, `pie & chips` or to go to the `chippy`. They are chips.

Fries are thin chips, such as those from McDonalds. If you were to call all chips (as in British definition) `fries`, this would also be inaccurate because they are not always fried (which I guess is where the name fries originated from).

I guess this is a thing that bugs me too.

do you still refer to jeans as tube trousers?

One of my pet peeves is when people come to this chat forum and don`t write in the English language. Another peeve of mine is when illegal aliens or other non Americans come into the USA and refuse to use the English Language. If your going to live in the US, at least learn and TRY to speak our language!

NON MUSICAL:
I must say I totally agree with everything Ms. Carbo says you are classified as American if you live in the U.S.A. In Ireland just because most of us speak English it dosnt mean people have to insult us by calling us Enslish.(no offence to English people).I mean fair enough if you want to call us all Europeans over here, thats acceptable.
MUSICAL:
Whan you have some really ignorant people in your band/orchestra who dont want to be there and the only reason they are there is their parents think they are little angles and complete prodigies who can`t do any wrong. And in the end, your doing this really big concert or show and they ruin everything and their parents say it was nothing to do with their little treasures.

AHHHhhhhh...........I despise ignorant people (sorry)

Leprachaun

non-musical:

when my sister`s kitty gets lost

musical:

When people think its time to upgrade their flute when it is not time. For example, my sister (who is in sixth grade) classmate upgraded to a silver plated flute this year!! This girl is a terrible (and I mean terrible) flute player so why does she deserve a new flute??