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Thread #114512   Message #3529207
Posted By: GUEST,Allan Conn
22-Jun-13 - 08:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: There'll Always Be an England
I can't see really how working for a Scot makes you a Scot? I worked for a woman for several years but I'm certainly not female. I suggested a way the song could be read which gives the lyricist the benefit of the doubt. Who knows what the lyricist actually meant? I know my fellow Scots though and it does irritate most of them a bit if people conflate England with Britain. Most Scots see themselves as Scottish and British too - but very few would use the word Scotland when what they mean is Britain. It is just plain sloppy and incorrect to say England if Britain is meant.