True, but it always felt very awkward to me, even when I considered mens tennis worth watching.
Joel Send a noteboard - 01/12/2012 05:10:21 PM
But Legolas is right; watching the Brits annually mope about their Wimbledon drought for years got more uncomfortable the longer it lasted.
For that matter, they still have a Wimbledon drought - yes, Murray won the Olympic gold in that very location, but he hasn't won the tournament itself yet. Though one does get the impression he'll be hard to stop next year.
Which is to say, from the days when Becker, Edberg and Lendl were in their prime until the last days of Sampras and Agassi. Each year the open pity in the voices of commentators as they referenced Britains ongoing Wimbledon drought got a little worse. So I can only hope Murray manages to get it done; I do wonder a bit how the English will feel about it if he does though.
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So, I found this video explaining the differences between The UK, Great Britain, England, etc.
- 19/11/2012 07:18:13 PM
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Great Britain is an island containing England, Scotland and Wales.
- 19/11/2012 08:07:35 PM
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Is that why Andy Murray is getting credit for being British? *NM*
- 19/11/2012 08:46:45 PM
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Ideally, yes; most likely, no.
- 19/11/2012 08:55:22 PM
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They keep saying "the first British man to win a Grand Slam title since 1938"
- 19/11/2012 10:12:44 PM
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Mostly that's an indication of just how desperate they were before that happened. 
- 19/11/2012 10:30:40 PM
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- 19/11/2012 10:30:40 PM
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Plus he is British
- 19/11/2012 10:49:38 PM
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I do believe I said so in my post, yes.
- 19/11/2012 11:00:05 PM
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- 19/11/2012 11:00:05 PM
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Barely so, I would say.
- 19/11/2012 11:14:08 PM
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But Scotland is a different country than England, yes?
- 20/11/2012 12:34:07 AM
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Yes and no. Mostly no.
- 20/11/2012 10:59:10 AM
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So would you say
- 20/11/2012 04:21:36 PM
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Kind of, but not precisely. It's probably the easiest way to look at it, though. *NM*
- 20/11/2012 06:23:34 PM
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I am about as Anglophile as they come, as I dare say you may have noticed...
- 20/11/2012 07:35:36 PM
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Yes
- 20/11/2012 09:35:54 PM
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Now you just had to go and remind me...
- 20/11/2012 09:49:41 PM
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I'm speechless.
- 20/11/2012 10:08:53 PM
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Well, it IS true.
- 20/11/2012 08:12:13 PM
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I didn't say uncomfortable, I said funny.
- 20/11/2012 08:19:32 PM
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- 20/11/2012 08:19:32 PM
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True, but it always felt very awkward to me, even when I considered mens tennis worth watching.
- 01/12/2012 05:10:21 PM
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Not all Scots dislike being called British. Only the Nationalist ones.
- 20/11/2012 07:34:32 PM
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Well, that is more reasonable then.
- 20/11/2012 08:07:18 PM
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Uh, what?
- 20/11/2012 08:55:12 PM
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Independence from England.
- 24/11/2012 01:37:11 PM
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The point I'm guessing Rebekah is referring to, and it's a fairly important one...
- 28/11/2012 07:20:11 PM
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Except that England did, however briefly, conquer and control Scotland.
- 01/12/2012 04:55:08 PM
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Re: Not all Scots dislike being called British. Only the Nationalist ones.
- 21/11/2012 12:58:26 AM
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