Do you consider yourself English or British?
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Lebowski85 — 17 years ago(February 01, 2009 01:59 PM)
tbh, my family heritage is german, american and English. I was born and raised in England though. I was brought up learning about English history and heritage in school, so i have a true sonse of belonging to England, i know nothing about Welsh or Scottish history and have no sense of belonging towards any of these nations. I am English and I have been raised as such, but if anything i feel more american, than scottish or welsh, seeing as i have family that come from thereI have quite a few welsh friends as i am from Bristol which is near the welsh boarder. And i travelled with some scottsmen in South America whilst meeting several people from other british nations over the years and our mentalities are the the same. So its not like we are too different as we share similar lifestyles in almost identical societiesbut due too our long historiesthere is definately a sense of seperation and identity for all of the nations.
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Lebowski85 — 17 years ago(February 08, 2009 09:37 AM)
Tbh mate, your names is bingedrinkningisamazing. I find it hard to take you seriously. I made a perfectly reasonable comment. clearly you got bullied at school and you think your big over a keyboard. get a life mate
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sub_mish — 16 years ago(May 10, 2009 04:42 PM)
"i am from Bristol which is near the welsh boarder."
Then you're even more f|ucking stupid and a dick.
Hey! Don't bad mouth my town!
that's my job!
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sub_mish — 16 years ago(May 10, 2009 04:39 PM)
British, simply because it's accurate. When England has its own seat at the UN I guess I will be English.
On the same note it really annoys me when foreigners (usually Americans) refer to Brits as "English" when England is merely the main province of our country (albeit the one I happen to have been born in, and live in now).
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evil_blanka — 16 years ago(June 03, 2009 03:00 PM)
I'd have to say I consider myself English. Simply becasue, if you asked me how scottish, welsh, or irish I am, I would say very little or not at all.
Also my country is England, not the others that make up britain. I support england in all country related competitions when I can etc etc.
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jenny_ball666 — 16 years ago(June 05, 2009 04:51 AM)
i consider myself british, without a doubt.
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parkyson — 16 years ago(July 10, 2009 12:16 PM)
I prefer English to British, but not for the reasons most seem to have chosen. I often see the term 'British' as a bit of an 'f-you' towards the Scottish and Welsh.
The reason i say that is because even though there are a plenty of educated people from all around the world who know what the term really stands for, there is an equal amount if not more who believe Britain is just England. By the way i dont know if anyone has noticed but often in sports, usually something like the olympics where a commentator will praise an Englishman/woman if he/she wins something by calling him/her English somewhere in the praise whereas if a Scotsman/woman or Welshman/woman wins its "a proud day for britain."
Didnt even notice till a friend idly pointed it out.
Ill be honest ive only heard that a few times and this is just my opinion and intepretation, ive got nothing wrong with people who see Britain as a friendly union between nations who want to go forward together.
