Are you proud to be British / European?

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I'm proud to be British, never really considered myself European, but then I guess I am by default.

If someone asks, I do usually say English though.
 
ebilcake said:
It is the correct word, you're just being pedantic.
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proud
praʊd/
adjective
  1. 1.
    feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.
    "a proud grandma of three boys"
    synonyms: pleased (with), glad (about/at), happy (about/at/with), delighted (about/at/with), joyful (at), overjoyed (at/over), thrilled (at/about/by/with), well pleased (with), satisfied (with), gratified (at), content (at), appreciative (of)
    "Moira was a delight to her proud parents"

  2. 2.
    having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance.
    "he was a proud, arrogant man"
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It is in fact the right word but only because if the reason of being proud is not of your own achievement or related to your own qualities, then in failing to meet the first definition you fulfil the second one of having an excessively high enough opinion of yourself that you can lay claim to other peoples achievement and qualities.

That said, mike is right in saying that it is related to your own achievements
 
I consider myself fortunate, but not particularly proud. It's not like anything I did got me into this position - seems a bit weird to be proud of pure good fortune.
 
cheesyboy said:
seems a bit weird to be proud of pure good fortune.
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People are proud for all sorts of things which really make no sense. Just look at the sort of extremes that go on among football supporters for no reason. Though i dont understand how you can be proud and consider yourself a part of an achievement when you have not participated, people clearly feel that way.
 
I feel no pride based on my nationality. Mind you, I'm a bit of a mongrel, technically, in terms of % highest I'm Italian/English/Latvian/Scottish.
 
Very proud to be British/English.

Moving overseas has, if anything, cemented my love and patriotism for my homeland even more.
 
No. I'm indifferent. I find the concept of patriotism quite insular and dividing. I'm a Terran and not particularly proud of that fact either.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
It is in fact the right word but only because if the reason of being proud is not of your own achievement or related to your own qualities, then in failing to meet the first definition you fulfil the second one of having an excessively high enough opinion of yourself that you can lay claim to other peoples achievement and qualities.

That said, mike is right in saying that it is related to your own achievements
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It related to persons associated with you, not just your own achievements, I would have thought was obvious from the definition you quoted. That can be anything from family, friends, employer, community, nationality, geography.

Could apply to anything depending to loosely you want to interpenetrate it.
 
I'm proud to be born in Scotland and grow up there, I'm proud to be British.

I've a tough choice to make soon which is whether or not to denounce my citizenship to become American. I doubt I will personally, it doesn't hold much with it and the way the states are going, I doubt I'll want to be part of it if it goes sour.
 
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