Talk:Nation of shopkeepers
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The quote as given was wrong, and differs significantly from what Adam Smith's meaning. I corrected it to what the man actually said, and explained that the attribution to Napoleon was uncertain..
I've heard it associated with Benjamin Franklin, but this may be wrong.
--GwydionM 18:49, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
Ooops, the other version wasn't wrong, it was what Smith said in the first edition. Corrected my mistake. --GwydionM 18:22, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] UK or England?
Surely "Angleterre" refers to England, NOT the United Kingdom. I always understood the quote to imply just England. 86.133.72.79 21:47, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed. Surely if he'd meant the UK he would have said "le Royaume-Uni" rather than "Angleterre".
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- Mmm.... thinking along these lines leads me to the conclusion that "perfidious Albion" must refer only to the County of Kent, where the White Cliffs are located. But see Metonymy... --Wetman 19:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
