Why do britishers/britons insist on calling them britons?

What is difference between britishers and britons?

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"Britisher" is the American term. Nobody else really uses that except in North America. We're British or a Briton. You can say, "He's British," or "They are British," or "He's a Briton." There's no real difference except "Briton" refers to an individual. "British" can refer to one or many people from Britain.

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@Richard65 As a Canadian, I have never heard the term Britisher.

DDonde · 31-35, M

@Richard65 Americans don't say "Britisher". At least, I've never heard it.

Tumbleweed · F

@DDonde I've never heard of that one either

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@Tumbleweed According to Wikepepia, it's an old fashioned term. Probably not used much any more.

Tumbleweed · F

@JimboSaturn hmmm

Richard65 · M

@DDonde it's an old term that comes from old English. Americans originally used it, dating from the Colonial era forward, but it's faded from modern use.

"This word is used in North American English."
Oxford English Dictionary entry.

ffony · M

@JimboSaturn As another (ex-British) Canadian I have no idea why I would be offended by the useful abbreviation "Brit" unless it was in a deliberately derogatory context. Choosing (It's a choice) to be offended is often a passive-aggressive tactic

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@ffony I agree, don't Brits called themselves Brits? lol

Richard65 · M

@JimboSaturn all the time. It isnt derogatory, it's just shorthand. Nobody would be angered being called a Brit. We even smile at being called Limeys by Americans, or Pommies by the Australians. It's all good.