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I've never heard this in my life. I don't know a single Brit who finds the term offensive. Unless you're talking the. Brit Awarss. Now there's some bollocks.


I understand if you are fine with it. It has lost most of its meaning with history but I still cringe a little whenever I read it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_names_for_the_Briti...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Brit


I think the keyword here is historically




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