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AOG thinks the term Brit is offensive - I suspect he's in a minority.
If you're British do you find being refered to as a 'Brit' offensive
If you're British do you find being refered to as a 'Brit' offensive
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Apart from use by Irish RepublicansI have only noticed references that were affectionate or neutral.
The term is obviously a 'racial' one as is 'p**i. What makes either one racist is the intent or context.
Sadly, most usage of the term p**i is, unlike use of the term Brit, intended to be derogatory and therefore racist.
Apart from use by Irish RepublicansI have only noticed references that were affectionate or neutral.
The term is obviously a 'racial' one as is 'p**i. What makes either one racist is the intent or context.
Sadly, most usage of the term p**i is, unlike use of the term Brit, intended to be derogatory and therefore racist.
Think wolfy has hit the nail on the head here...
"I don't find it offensive but I dislike it intensely. I think that it is because the first few times that I heard it being used was in a condescending way by one of our US cousins. "
As a rule, we don't find the term Brits offensive, but...if it's said in a derogatory manner, for many years as the term 'pakis' has, you can bet your boots we'd find it offensive!
"I don't find it offensive but I dislike it intensely. I think that it is because the first few times that I heard it being used was in a condescending way by one of our US cousins. "
As a rule, we don't find the term Brits offensive, but...if it's said in a derogatory manner, for many years as the term 'pakis' has, you can bet your boots we'd find it offensive!
As an Irishman I usually use the word offensively if I use it, but I imagine that's fairly unique to people from Ireland. If I address people from the British Isles respectfully I would use British or English, Welsh, Scots etc. I do however think the negative connotation is more or less unique to those from the north of Ireland.
A term is offensive if the person saying it means to cause offense, and people generally don't say 'Brit' as a derogatory term.
If other nationalities starting spitting out the word 'Brit' like it was a dirty thing then I am sure we would all start to find it offensive, because we would know it was meant offensively.
This is the reason the P word is offensive, because originally it was used as a derogatory term for immigrants, not necessarily immigrants from Pakistan either.
If other nationalities starting spitting out the word 'Brit' like it was a dirty thing then I am sure we would all start to find it offensive, because we would know it was meant offensively.
This is the reason the P word is offensive, because originally it was used as a derogatory term for immigrants, not necessarily immigrants from Pakistan either.
The term 'Brit', for a national of these Islands, whichever of the countries that make them up, is not, and should not, be offensive, because together, we are all British, although there is not, as far as I am aware, a nationality that is British.
What I find offensive, eg, is an official form that states my nationality as British, when my country is England, which makes me English.
What I find offensive, eg, is an official form that states my nationality as British, when my country is England, which makes me English.