They learnt that trick from the (specifically) English media, particularly the sports reporting. For example, Andy Murray (tennis) and Chris Hoy (cycling) were always referred to as ‘Scottish’ when they were losing but ‘British’ after wins.
People are only ever ‘one of ours’ when it’s good news.
AoS, maybe they learned it from parents. “You’ll never guess what my son just did! Isn’t it great?” vs. “Can’t you please do something about your son?” spoken by the same parent, to the other parent.
They learnt that trick from the (specifically) English media, particularly the sports reporting. For example, Andy Murray (tennis) and Chris Hoy (cycling) were always referred to as ‘Scottish’ when they were losing but ‘British’ after wins.
People are only ever ‘one of ours’ when it’s good news.
AoS, maybe they learned it from parents. “You’ll never guess what my son just did! Isn’t it great?” vs. “Can’t you please do something about your son?” spoken by the same parent, to the other parent.