The earliest known written name is actually Albion - that was the ancient Greeks. The Romans called it Britannia. That just referred to the whole group of islands off the European coast of France that we now know as "the British Isles" - a term that includes the island of Ireland, even though the residents of much of that island are very much not British.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 03:45I think historically.... There was a place called "Britannia" and another place north of that.. The land of the "Celts" or somehting to that effect.MadMax wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 01:07Scots are British because Great Britain is the Union of Scotland and England (with Wales who were annexed by the English back in the 1284 and are thus technically part of England.). The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So the Northern Irish are not British, although some claim to be.
And, no, you can't say "English" as convenience for "British". Unless you're USian, of course, who regularly get that wrong. The English and the Scots are different. Both are British.
Back then it was two different races or nations basically.
The joy of living with very old names for things.