tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930280893880221735.post9029572269820663762..comments2023-09-11T10:45:13.580+03:00Comments on Anne is a man - Podcast Reviews: A breakAnne the Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01314860255666037414noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930280893880221735.post-37061212942776231892011-09-15T14:25:54.164+03:002011-09-15T14:25:54.164+03:00Hi David
I'm afraid Pom is often somewhat der...Hi David<br /><br />I'm afraid Pom is often somewhat derogatory as in "whinging poms". Mainly it's focussed on the English but others might slip in there sometimes.<br /><br />JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930280893880221735.post-21255540652244455032011-09-13T14:39:20.370+03:002011-09-13T14:39:20.370+03:00Thanks for the review Anne. (this is me, David, Hi...Thanks for the review Anne. (this is me, David, History of England bloke). Um, the nomenclature thing has me waking up screaming. Before starting, I felt that there are too many Histories of 'Britain' which are basically a history of England with a bit of Wales & Scotland tacked on. All the UK nations have a rich and varied history, which I think deserves their own focus, so I wanted to avoid that. However, lord only knows what I will do after the 13th C unification of Welsh and English crowns, and particularly the Act of Union. Suggestions welcome . . .Anne has a point about my use of the word British as opposed to Britons though. <br /><br />Jon - so is 'Pom' simply a term for English, not Welsh or Scots? Maybe I'll change the title to a history of Pommieland.David Crowtherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08396559680328814898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930280893880221735.post-21451272647832484732011-09-12T13:28:04.611+03:002011-09-12T13:28:04.611+03:00Thanks Anne - hope your break is good - we appreci...Thanks Anne - hope your break is good - we appreciate your posting.<br /><br />A tip from an Aussie - you can simplify matters by referring to the English as "Poms" :-)<br /><br />JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930280893880221735.post-74755564523750248532011-09-12T00:25:21.273+03:002011-09-12T00:25:21.273+03:00"One thing to keep in mind when you start: Cr..."One thing to keep in mind when you start: Crowther calls the Britons 'British' which can easily confuse or even confound..."<br /><br />There is no confusion: Great Britain, aka the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is a country of which England is one part, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (or Ulster) being the others. Their unification, to simplify a piece of rather complicated history, dates from what is known as 'The Union of the Crowns' in 1707. Since that date, therefore, 'England' properly denotes only one member of that union, while 'Britain' or 'the UK' denotes the the entire union, and 'British' its citizens. The loose usages 'England' and 'English' to refer to the entirety of the UK and its inhabitants are not only politically and historically inaccurate, they are also offensive to the other constitutive nationalities.HGregornoreply@blogger.com