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Re:Diverting talent out of Finance will revive Britain by bootload on Sunday January 04, 2009 @07:10PM (#419756)
"... please refrain from using British and English interchangeably ..."

Why out of curiosity?

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Re:Diverting talent out of Finance will revive Britain by danw on Sunday January 04, 2009 @07:33PM (#419771)
As a British engineer who is not English it can be seen as offensive.

Here's a nifty diagram to illustrate: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/British_...

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Re:Diverting talent out of Finance will revive Britain by bootload on Sunday January 04, 2009 @08:52PM (#419839)
"... As a British engineer who is not English it can be seen as offensive ..."

Hey thanks danw for distinction.

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