Nationality Argument

[Mike]

Originally Posted by In The Year Of The Snake

True, but the analogy you make is not completely appropriate. Wales, like Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland are actually fully separate countries, united under the banner of the United Kingdom. When you call a "San Diegan" a "New Yorker", for example, you're confusing separate parts of the same country (forgetting our little states). But call someone born in and living about Cardiff a "Londoner", and you're citing a place that's not even in his country at all.

Actually i was refering to this comment that you made:

They're both British, but call a Welshman a "Londoner" and he'll almost certainly take offense.

Call a bloke from Bristol or Birmingham a Londoner, your almost certain to offend them with your ignorance. Just like if a someone called someone from LA a New Yorker.

So the analogy is correct.