"England is a country ..... south of Scotland." (Richard Bridge)
"Geographically, ..that part of Britain bordered (approximately) by Hadrian's Wall and Offa's Dyke. (Crane Driver)

H'mm.   OK, I live 20 miles north of Hadrian's Wall, and north of some bits of Scotland. Due north of me is another 50 miles of England before reaching Berwick-on-Tweed.
In a village where the long-term inhabitants speak one of the closest languages to Angle left in Angle-land - a mixture of Geordie, pitmatic, and Northumbrian. The kids are bi-lingual - they understand "proper" English, and will use it if they have to. But their native language is far more colourful.

English?....not really, not like Surrey or Somerset or Shropshire.....
Scots?....certainly not.....but Edinburgh is closer than London by far.

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