When one refers to England they mean the Nation "England". The Country where the English language was developed. There is no order of Importance between the member nations of neither the United Kingdom nor Great Britain. England is the Largest country and economy of these nations. To use the latter terms would to be like calling Americans "united statians".
English as a language should be called "English" any deviation from English should contain a prefix, such as American English, as this is a much more recently, modified version of the English language, as spoken in England.
Scotland, Wales and Ireland have their own languages. In English these languages are named Scottish, Welsh and Irish respectively. The terms Gaelic and Celtic are umbrella terms encompassing more than just the specific dialects of these nations. They are spoken as minority languages.
I am English, was born in England but I am also British and a member of the United Kingdom. I speak Welsh, or Cymraeg if I chose to pronounce it in Welsh, not English.
Please excuse me, I only came here as I was interested in the "Learned vs learnt" subject. Then stumbled upon levels of ignorance that I could not refrain from addressing.
I learnt how to use English at school and became a learned user of the language through academic study at university.
"Definition of learned
adjective
(of a person) having acquired much knowledge through study: a learned, generous, and notoriously absent-minded man
showing, requiring, or characterized by learning; scholarly:an article in a learned journal
British used as a courteous description of a lawyer in certain formal contexts:my learned friend
Definition of learn
verb (past and past participle learned /ləːnt, ləːnd/ or chiefly British learnt /ləːnt/)
[with object] 1gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught:they’d started learning French [with infinitive]:she is learning to play the piano [no object]:we learn from experience"
Quotes from the Oxford (University) Dictionary of English.
