Britons or British ?

[StuartGGray]

There is a story on the BBC news site. Three people killed in Pakistan.
This story

The people killed are British, but Britons? I doubt it. Ill educated BBC again.

Edited by StuartGGray on Monday 24th May 01:30 to add additional Pees

Edited by StuartGGray on Monday 24th May 01:31

[bigandclever]

StuartGGray said:

There is a story on the BBC news site. Three peole killed in Pakistan.
This story

The peole killed are British, but Britons? I doubt it. Ill educated BBC again.

I'll have a P, a P and a hyphen please Bob.

[Akiraprise]

bigandclever said:

I'll have a P, a P and a hyphen please Bob.

What about an apostrophe, Bob?

Edited by Akiraprise on Friday 21st May 14:13

[Shay HTFC]

StuartGGray said:

There is a story on the BBC news site. Three peole killed in Pakistan.
This story

The peole killed are British, but Britons? I doubt it. Ill educated BBC again.

Well what do you call a British person if not a Briton?

[DrTre]

StuartGGray said:

There is a story on the BBC news site. Three peole killed in Pakistan.
This story

The peole killed are British, but Britons? I doubt it. Ill educated BBC again.

You may doubt it all you like but it's correct.


<sigh, yet more tiresome BBC bashing>

[omgus]

bigandclever said:

StuartGGray said:

There is a story on the BBC news site. Three peole killed in Pakistan.
This story

The peole killed are British, but Britons? I doubt it. Ill educated BBC again.

I'll have a P, a P and a hyphen please Bob.

Come on now. Grammer jokes are not bigandclever. Oh hang on apparently they are.

dictionary said:

And just for the record:
Briton [ˈbrɪtən]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a native or inhabitant of Britain
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a citizen of the United Kingdom[quote]

On this rare occasion i think the beeb might be right.

[lazyitus]

bigandclever said:

StuartGGray said:

There is a story on the BBC news site. Three peole killed in Pakistan.
This story

The peole killed are British, but Britons? I doubt it. Ill educated BBC again.

I'll have a P, a P and a hyphen please Bob.

A comma after your please, perhaps ?

[Jim the Sunderer]

Bloody foreigners! Leaving our country, getting themselves shot!

[ShadownINja]

English vs British... fools even the most educated.

[chrisxr2]

I am English. Not a briton, British, European or otherwise.

[Saddle bum]

chrisxr2 said:

I am English. Not a briton, British, European or otherwise.

+1

[ClassicMercs]

chrisxr2 said:

I am English. Not a briton, British, European or otherwise.

+1

[DocJock]

Protest all you like, but if you are English, you are by definition also British and European.

[The Hitman]

Their name was Yousif? Sorry they aren't British, BBC got it wrong again

Edited by The Hitman on Friday 21st May 23:56

[Dracoro]

StuartGGray said:

There is a story on the BBC news site. Three peole killed in Pakistan.
This story

The peole killed are British, but Britons? I doubt it. Ill educated BBC again.

You gotta love irony, we've got a whole load in this post

[Tiggsy]

chrisxr2 said:

I am English. Not a briton, British, European or otherwise.

Then you dont understand some very basic concepts!

[StuartGGray]

fk me, I made a real mess of the Original Post. Who hid my Pees? bds. Britons are an ancient white tribe. British are the people who live here now. I won't accept any other definition.
I'll blame the general lack of grammatical and spelling ability on a late night on booze and Clarithromycin 500mg tablets.

[Ayahuasca]

StuartGGray said:

fk me, I made a real mess of the Original Post. Who hid my Pees? bds. Britons are an ancient white tribe. British are the people who live here now. I won't accept any other definition.
I'll blame the general lack of grammatical and spelling ability on a late night on booze and Clarithromycin 500mg tablets.

Briton is the noun.

British is the adjective.

Hope this helps. If not blame your primary school English teacher.

[Shay HTFC]

Face the facts nob cheeses above. People of Asian origin who were born and bred here are British/Britons/whatever you want to say. Your xenophobic opinion doesn't change that.

[Baby Huey]

StuartGGray said:

Britons are an ancient white tribe. British are the people who live here now. I won't accept any other definition.

The Oxford English Dictionary disagrees.