<p>I have already explained those quotes above, posting them again in their entirety hasn’t changed their meaning. I can certainly see how you’ve misunderstood it, but you’ve misrepresented, misconstrued or else totally ignored everything i have said so far, so im not surprised.</p>
<p>Since neither Glasgow nor TCD sponsor a Division I football team (in the American sense of the word) you’d be hard-pressed to find more than a handful of my fellow countrymen who have heard of those schools let alone formed an impression of them. That said, of those who might have an opinion on the matter in the northeastern US it is likely that Trinity College has higher name recognition/prestige. This is due, in part, because of the far greater portion of the populace (in my region at least) who self-indentify as Irish-Americans than as Scots-Americans. Those who might lean towards Glasgow, or consider the comparison a draw, are most likely the miniscule percentage of Americans who have investigated study-abroad in Ireland or Scotland or have an interest in the history of education, the scientific revolution or something of that ilk.</p>
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<p>Huh. So when I said that Britain is insular, you said something like</p>
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<p>And you didn’t think that I was American? If that is really the case, then I hope that English is your second language. But of course it’s not actually the case, is it? You did think I was American.</p>
<p>In any case, you are still assuming something about me… you’re assuming that I’m not British. Who says I’m not? And don’t give me some bollocks about how you didn’t say that, otherwise what could you possibly have meant by</p>
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<p>Why assume that the UK is ‘another country’ for me, and not ‘my own’?</p>
<p>Fool.</p>