Are we British or English?

Thesnipergecko · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:36

As title, bit of a random thread i know but it got me thinking.

Is there such a thing as an English person? isn't English a language?

The country is England yes? We speak the English language yes?

Does that make us English? or are we Britains / Britons (sp)?

Paul ...

InsomniaCalls · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:38

Both imho.

Piggymon · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:38

I am WELSH !!

If I'm talking to someone from the UK then I will say I'm Welsh , If I'm talking to someone outside of the UK then I call myself British

If I am filling out a form and it asks for my nationality then I declare myself as British

From experience of living in Essex I notice that you English lot don't really see yourself as British and it's English every time ..

Would be interested to see what the Scots say

buckeejit · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:38

Even though Northern Ireland is a part of Britain (not Ireland!), I am British.

Arcade Fire · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:39

I'm British and English. What's wrong with that?

Stellios · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:39

Im English, in the same way the Welsh say they are Welsh and the Scots say they are Scottish.

Matblack · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:40

I am both, I tend to describe myself as British

MB

merlin · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:40

buckeejit said:
Even though Northern Ireland is a part of Britain (not Ireland!), I am British.

Erm, no it isn't.

fatiain · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:40

British

dod · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:42

Piggymon said:
Would be interested to see what the Scots say

Pretty much the same as you use, except for the Welsh bit

Piggymon · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:43

dod said:
Pretty much the same as you use, except for the Welsh bit

\o/

buckeejit · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:43

merlin said:
Erm, no it isn't.

yeah it is.

Che · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:43

buckeejit said:
Even though Northern Ireland is a part of Britain (not Ireland!), I am British.

No it's not! It's a part of the United Kingdom but not (Great) Britain

Visage · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:43

Thesnipergecko said:
As title, bit of a random thread i know but it got me thinking.

Is there such a thing as an English person? isn't English a language?

The country is England yes? We speak the English language yes?

Does that make us English? or are we Britains / Britons (sp)?

Paul ...

You're whatever you want to be.

M0KUJ1N · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:44

The way I see it (I'm Scottish btw):

You are both English AND British. People from England ARE English, none of this PC guff tbh. However people from England, Scotland and Wales are British, therefore Britishness is a superset of each nationality.

The way I see myself is: I'm Scottish, but I'm also British, a British citizen and hold a British passport, and I dont see how the two can be incompatible. The same should hold for English people too. Be proud of your nationality

In fact if England play Scotland, I would rather the English had banners with St George's cross on it than Union Jacks (as ALL of Britain, and Northern Ireland, come under that flag, not just you!).

buckeejit · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:44

Che said:
No it's not! It's a part of the United Kingdom but not (Great) Britain

Che, sorry. you're right lol. I meant United Kingdom, not Great Britain.

Le_Petit_Lapin · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:45

buckeejit said:
Even though Northern Ireland is a part of Britain (not Ireland!), I am British.

Ditto that, though I went and got an Irish Passport as well, just in case.

pyro · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:45

You guys are lame, England was playing against Wales and Scotland, what kind of bull*** is that?! My grandma's football team would qualify for the mundial if Athens was playing agains Crete and Salonika.

Booo hiss etc.

Che · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:46

buckeejit said:
Che, sorry. you're right lol. I meant United Kingdom, not Great Britain.

Hehe

Piggymon · 10 Feb 2006 at 12:46

pyro said:
You guys are lame, England was playing against Wales and Scotland, what kind of bull*** is that?! My grandma's football team would qualify for the mundial if Athens was playing agains Crete and Salonika.

Booo hiss etc.

Football is silly .. end of