Unutterably Silly Don't mention the 'L' word

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by omk3

That explains it!

I once mistakenly said something like "you english people" to a scotman, and had to talk for about 15 minutes more to explain away my mistake (an honest mistake for a foreigner, who just used a collective word for all the people living on this island, but never again!) to erase his look of open hostility I'm still not sure what is a safe term for everyone in the UK. Is british okay?

you were lucky to escape .....