I'm first and foremost British. I love the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, I love the countries in
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Ms_Belladonna — 15 years ago(September 06, 2010 05:11 PM)
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.
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carzy_6 — 15 years ago(September 06, 2010 06:06 PM)
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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NovocastrianUK — 15 years ago(February 18, 2011 10:51 AM)
"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."
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Persephoned — 15 years ago(September 09, 2010 10:30 AM)
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
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TasteForTheTheatrical — 15 years ago(September 07, 2010 02:54 AM)
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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eckythump70 — 15 years ago(September 23, 2010 03:42 PM)
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.
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hattorihanzo69 — 15 years ago(September 28, 2010 01:53 PM)
Freedom!!! 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
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spam_1155 — 15 years ago(October 25, 2010 07:08 AM)
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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Stoned_Jedi — 15 years ago(October 27, 2010 05:19 PM)
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:
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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