On 03/10/2017 10:43, whisky-dave wrote:
On Monday, 2 October 2017 20:43:55 UTC+1, Max Demian wrote:
On 02/10/2017 15:43, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

How come it's America -- Americans, but Britain -- Britons, and Canada
-- Canadians?
It should be Britains and Canadans.Â* I always say they live in Canadia
to annoy them.

There aren't any Britons, except in newspapers and the past, woad
painted kind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_people

British people, or Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom,

Only journalists use Briton to refer to a citizen of Britain.

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Max Demian