[mikl]

Great Britain is the big island next to Ireland. So the Scots, Welsh and English are British.

Most Irish people would not take kindly to be called British, but then there’s Northern Ireland with all its complexities.

[hackbinary]

Most Scots and Cymry do not identify as British, and do not like it when you refer to them as British.

I'm Scots, not British. Roughly 50% of us support independence from the UK.

[chris12321]

A majority of people in North West England has Irish ancestry. Are those people not British?

[us-merul]

That’s my point. There’s not really a singular “Brit” unless you designate one group to decide, and various other groups may also want to be considered British or not. Since I’m from the US, I won’t say more, because I’m sure there’s more to this I’m missing.

[mikl]

I don’t really think pedantry about terms changes the overall point.