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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kerpal" data-source="post: 2897947" data-attributes="member: 105185">Well 'Brit' isn't a real word, no.  It's an abbreviation.  It is used as a nickname for people from Britain.       The Britons were a Celtic race who inhabited England, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany.  They were conquered by the Romans, and then subsequently overrun by the barbarians who conquered their lands after the Roman legions withdrew.  These barbarians included the Angles and the Saxons, and eventually became what we call the English, who are still basically barbarians, as the behaviour of their football supporters makes abundantly clear.Personally I regard the word 'Paki' offensive, because I've almost always heard it used as an insult.</blockquote>