"England" is a word that I don't see used very much anymore. Great Britain is what your country is always referred to nowadays. So I was wondering if you consider yourself English or British or just don't care.
shareask whites int north of england and they'll tell you english, but down south where everyone's posh and they're all modern and that they'll say british. they're hardly british though, they've very americanised in fact.
shareEnglish definetly, dont want to be considered british and lumped in with the inbred welsh and retarded irish.
if you need proof of just how big a *beep* hole northern ireland is, just ask someone from there what nationality they are. They are willing to fight against being called northern irish- how bad does a place have to be for every single person born there to be so ashamed of it they will never admit what they are
Before I'm even a man I'm a Scot.....but I am also very proud to be British.
I love my English brothers and sisters....but they are not very easy people to share an island with at times....especially every other Summer.
Britain is more than the sum of her parts.
I consider myself English but it's not like I'd go mental if someone called me British. It's more out of a love for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales that I like to think of us as four separate nations, each with its own people who I respect and admire. It's one of the joys of being British that we can be other things too.
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"Before I'm even a man I'm a Scot.....but I am also very proud to be British.
I love my English brothers and sisters....but they are not very easy people to share an island with at times....especially every other Summer.
Britain is more than the sum of her parts."
I like that.
if you need proof of just how big a *beep* hole northern ireland is, just ask someone from there what nationality they are. They are willing to fight against being called northern irish- how bad does a place have to be for every single person born there to be so ashamed of it they will never admit what they are
English, and I get frustrated when I can only cross off 'British' on forms etc. I wasn't born in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, I was born in England!
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"Yeah, he's a professor... OF BEING A DOG!"
British by Birth, English by the Grace of God.
I am English, but I am also British. I love the healthy rivalry all the home nations have but when it comes to it, it's us 4 against the rest!
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Depends on where I am at the time. I consider myself a yorkshireman if Im not in Yorkshire, English if Im in Scotland, British if Im in France, European if Im arguing with an American (heh), Western and finally Earthian (should we encounter any other x-ians). If we have a local kids footy match with the next village, Im a Killamarshan, not a Beightonian.
Born in England so i'm English. Britain isn't a country and i don't want to be associated with the Welsh or the Scottish
'Sand is overrated... It's just tiny, little rocks.'
Hark, what's that sound? Why I believe it's the sound of 8 million Scottish and Welsh people crying themselves to sleep at their misfortune. I don't think.
shareFreedom!!! Get over it! You can't afford to disassociate yourselves with England as you depend on us financially and economically, and nothing pisses me off more than a Scottish bank note...
'Sand is overrated... It's just tiny, little rocks.'
I consider my self northern English firstly, although i know that my great-grandparents and grandparents are from Scotland/Ireland and Wales. I was born in England and Im a second generation English. But I also consider myself British because of my heritage and extremely proud to be both.
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Interesting question and some interesting answers, certainly worthy of discussion for nearly 2 years.
It's also interesting to see how deep peoples sense of patriotism and need for cultural identity really goes. As 1 or 2 on here have hinted at, you could go as far as to refer to yourself as: A Geordie, Londoner, Yorkshireman, Brummie etc. I believe who you wish to associate yourself or disassociate yourself with largely influences this, as apparent with some Scots, Irish and Welsh. I suppose your answer depends on whether your loyalty is to the Nation, Country, County or city/town/village (even estate in some cases I've seen)
Personally I consider myself to be human. IMO, Nationalism can all to easily get out of hand, distort opinions and lead to events like we see in this film. But due to the genetic and geographical raffle that is life, I am forced to answer with the following depending on situation:
(Informally) I was born in England, or (formally, e.g. on a consensus form etc) my nationality is British.
I have Irish and French heritage and not to mention born on part of the continent, so not offended when referred to as European.
But here's some food for thought:
(In my experience and generally speaking)
If I'm outside Europe, I'm referred to as British or European.
Anywhere in Europe, I'm English.
In England though, depending on who I'm speaking to, I'm either a Yorkshireman or (thanks to the BNP) Black! Go figure
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