Anonymous e9422c284e86724fe2c9eb42e8b9cb4f started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-09 00:57:35 UTC) ago:
I suspect that there is some kind of vague difference between the three. Is there, and if so, is it as complicated as the difference between England, United Kingdom, Britain, Great Britain, etc…?
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Anonymous 50481e02bc7ec7d4684a820c55a43b22 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 01:02:18 UTC) ago, 5 minutes later (#67,764):
Briton is a noun while British is an adjective describing the noun. An Englishman is a type of Briton. All of these words are slightly out dated, with the current noun form being "Brit".
Anonymous e38e3c4d3525a3f185f9dfe4104aa3f8 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-09 17:23:17 UTC) ago, 16 hours later (#67,958):
and be careful with Englishman. Scots and Welsh and Irish would all be pretty pissed if you called them English
Anonymous 4f3889f1491e9c8311c65ade8cb8d3a1 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-11 16:28:43 UTC) ago, 2 days later (#68,543):
I will allow myself to be referred to as British if the issue involves all of the United Kingdom, if however someone asks where I'm from or what I am I will say English. I'm not Scottish, Welsh or Irish and I'm sure they are proud of their own lands and wouldn't wish to be called English.
Summary: British = All of Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
Briton = Someone who lives in Great Britain
English = Someone who lives in England (Also related are Welsh, Scottish and Irish as people who live in those countries respectively).
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