It's waaaay more Welsh than English here. The narrator is an "Englishman" (Saxon) but raised by the Britons (after miraclously surviving their ritual sacrifice as an infant) and entirely identifying with them:
These are the tales of the last days before the great darkness descended. These are the tales of the land we call Lloegyr, which means the Lost Lands, the country that was once ours but which our enemies now call England.
The author usually writes about the English, including in The Saxon Chronicles / The Last Kingdom (the Viking invasion of England).
Technically of course it's wrong, but in general... Everyone does that here in Europe. England is way shorter to say than United Kingdom (and no one abbreviates it in speech). Only when you really want to work out some difference in the UK you can start mentioning Scotland/Wales/NI and when you then mention England it's clear that you only mean England.
Or around topics like football.
Same way when you say Ireland you only mean the Republic unless it's clear you mean something else.
It's waaaay more Welsh than English here. The narrator is an "Englishman" (Saxon) but raised by the Britons (after miraclously surviving their ritual sacrifice as an infant) and entirely identifying with them:
The author usually writes about the English, including in The Saxon Chronicles / The Last Kingdom (the Viking invasion of England).
OK, I was historically vague. For political reasons, I consider the entire UK to be "England." Is that wrong?
Don't tell the other countries nationalists lol
I'd rather see a return to conflict among Scotland, England and Ireland than I would like to see the continued dilution of English culture by ay-rabs.
Technically of course it's wrong, but in general... Everyone does that here in Europe. England is way shorter to say than United Kingdom (and no one abbreviates it in speech). Only when you really want to work out some difference in the UK you can start mentioning Scotland/Wales/NI and when you then mention England it's clear that you only mean England.
Or around topics like football.
Same way when you say Ireland you only mean the Republic unless it's clear you mean something else.