On Tuesday, 3 October 2017 14:24:52 UTC+1, Max Demian wrote:
On 03/10/2017 12:55, whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 3 October 2017 11:32:14 UTC+1, Max Demian wrote:
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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons

That's the same sort of thing. Have you ever heard anyone use the word
in everyday conversation?

Depends what they are talking about.
A few months ago friends and I were discussing who were the first britons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Britons
Everyday conversation tends to be about football and sport in genral which I don't get involved in.
It was after seeing a repeat of this,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0675hcv