Oh yes. On more than one occasion, and by separate teachers, I was told "English is the language, British are the people." Now, this was in the context of learning world geography, so it makes a little bit of sense.
The only exception was when we were doing a poetry unit. The language differences between, say, Robert Burns and John Keats made it reasonable to use "Scottish" or "English" as the correct descriptor.
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Date: 2010-06-14 02:49 pm (UTC)The only exception was when we were doing a poetry unit. The language differences between, say, Robert Burns and John Keats made it reasonable to use "Scottish" or "English" as the correct descriptor.
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Date: 2010-06-14 03:01 pm (UTC)