[Buddha-l] What's wrong with a little Dharma?

[Dh Sinhavacin]

Joanna,

I don't think Scots and Welsh mind being called Britons, since they clearly 
are inhabitants of the British islands.  What they rightly object to is 
being called English, as though there were nothing to Britain apart from 
England.  Even some Cornish people, being Celts rather than Anglo-Saxons, 
distinguish themselves from the English; if they need to cross the River 
Tamar into Devon, they will say that thay are going over into England.

Best wishes,
Sinhavacin
(I don't think I mind being referred to as a Brit)


>From: "jkirk" <jkirk at spro.net>
>Reply-To: Buddhist discussion forum <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
>To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
>Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] What's wrong with a little Dharma?
>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:16:50 -0600
>
>Replying to Stephen's suggestion that the term "Briton" would do, it is 
>equally obnoxious in some quarters of the United Kingdom when citizens as a 
>whole are labeled British, since many Scots and Welsh people object that 
>they are not Britons.
>So correct usage might have to be "UK citizens" when referring go the 
>entire population.
>Joanna
>
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