Posted by Fuzzbox on 1/8/2022, 8:48 am, in reply to "Well done England"
Not sure if you did that deliberately to replace 'Lionesses' with 'England' but if you did wholeheartedly agree with you.
It is England. You don't say 'Lions' for the men's team. They are a team representing England, so England it is. The whole media are headlining 'Lionesses' this morning and I find it a bit cringey. We don't call the U-18s 'Cubs' or anything like that. If we're going to differentiate, call it as it is - Men and Women teams. Same with 'the Roses' for the England Women's Rugby Union team.