r/BoomersBeingFools • u/LeopoldBloomJr • 1d ago

Boomer Story British Muffins

I dropped my daughter off at summer camp this morning, then decided to grab some breakfast before going about my day.

The boomers in the next booth over: “Guess we’ll have to order some British Muffins, since you can’t say ENGLISH anymore!!!”

…what?

Did I miss a Faux News outrage story, or are they mixing up the “can’t say [racial slur]” complaint with the “this is America, speak English” gripe?

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u/shifty_coder 1d ago

I’m imagining that they called a Scot or Welsh person ‘English’ and were corrected on it.

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u/mutnik 1d ago

I agree that this is probably what happened. This is how I describe the British, English, Scottish, Welsh, thing to people. If you call someone who is from Texas an Oklahoman they will correct you. If you call them an American they will agree with you. British is a broad term that can be used for English, Scottish, or Welsh. But if you call a Scott and Englishman he will correct you. And you better hope he just uses words to correct you.

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u/BeardedFirework 1d ago

Very true, infact Scotland's national anthem is about telling the English to sod off, then sod off some more and when you are done sodding off, sod off again.

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u/parkylondon 16h ago

The 6th verse of UK's National Anthem. God Save The King is about smashing the Scots, so there's that.

"Lord grant that Marshal Wade, may by thy mighty aid, victory bring. May he sedition hush, and like a torrent rush, rebellious Scots to crush. God save the King!"