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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Is Britons used in regular conversations?

The word I most often hear in the media as a noun is Britons, not British people. Someone in this forum replied to me that most British people would not usually refer to themselves as Britons? So, can British people reading this post say what there experience is and if Britons is media usage.

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Anonymous The word I most often hear in the media as a noun is Britons, not British people. Someone in this forum replied to me that most British people would not usually refer to themselves as Britons That is correct. We generally refer to ourselves as British (adjective), not Britons (noun).

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  • Anonymous The word I most often hear in the media as a noun is Britons, not British people.
  • Someone in this forum replied to me that most British people would not usually refer to themselves as Britons That is correct.
  • We generally refer to ourselves as British (adjective), not Britons (noun).
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AnonymousThe word I most often hear in the media as a noun is Britons, not British people. Someone in this forum replied to me that most British people would not usually refer to themselves as Britons
That is correct.

We generally refer to ourselves as British (adjective), not Britons (noun).
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What I hear very often in N. America is the noun Brits.

I don't like this much, in the same way that I think some Americans dislike Yanks. But most British people that I know don't seem to share my dislike of Brits.

Clive
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I refer to myself as a Brit informally. I've not met any Brits who dislike the term for a long time.
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CliveWhat I hear very often in N. America is the noun Brits.I don't like this much, in the same way that I think some Americans dislike Yanks. But most British people that I know don't seem to share my dislike of Brits.Clive
That's an Americanism.
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It may have first been used in America, but quite a few Brits use it these days.
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