Are we British or English?

I am a Scot,I don't feel British at all.I almost resent it being forced apon me.If you ask me to explain why I would struggle to answer.

I have total respect for the English (Welsh and Irish) people I meet you understand.

I just don't feel part of the whole British thing.

I really hope nobody is offended by that by the way.
 
Piggymon said:
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Does your passport say ENGLISH or BRITISH ???? ... There's your answer ;)
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No, there is the answer which is bestowed upon us.

Recent application form for a job (which i got) i wrote under nationality as English, i'm NOT british, i do not live in Britain, i live in England, therefore i'm English. The French live in France, they are French, the Germans live in Germany, they are German e.t.c, i live in England, therefore i am English
 
hilly said:
No, there is the answer which is bestowed upon us.

Recent application form for a job (which i got) i wrote under nationality as English, i'm NOT british, i do not live in Britain, i live in England, therefore i'm English. The French live in France, they are French, the Germans live in Germany, they are German e.t.c, i live in England, therefore i am English
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If you're born in Britian you would be British. Whats so hard to comprehend about that?

It's like some german guy putting Bavarian down as his nationality, it isn't his nationality it's the area he is from in German. So more specificly he'd be a German/Bavarian.

Just like you'd be British/English. And you live in England which is an area(province) of Britian.
 
Born in Northern Ireland but I'm an Irish national however I do also have a British Passport. I consider myself an Irish National but also a British citizen as I now live and work in England.
 
What is wrong with calling yourself "British"? Isn't your country "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"?

Regardless of what is used to be, it is British now :)
 
Piggymon said:
And people wonder where the Welsh & Scottish vs English stuff comes from ...

There's nothing I detest more than people describing the UK as " England " Drives me bloody potty !!
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How did it go in Japan? My friends tell me that in Japan they only ever say England...
 
InwardSinging said:
When you go away on holiday as an english person you are instantly treated with an attitude, however going away with a couple of scottish guys on holiday was an eye opener, everyone started out grumpy "english?" till they got "naw, scottish, he's english" and you can see how differently they are treated.

The arrogance of some people from England is amazing, like the one about football and rugby, it was obviously tongue in cheek, but we seem to think we have a god given right to win everything, we claim we invented the game which gets the scotts backs up because they invented it.
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yeah maybe if you go to some tacky resort in spain or something...where all the scummy english tourists go :o

Since when did the Scots invent rugby?
 
Apparenly I'm British Indian but that's my ethnicity is it not because I have not personal connections to India so it just refers to where one of my parents originates from?

I see myself as English and British because British is on my passport and I've been bought up in England I'm as English as anyone else who was raised in this country or went to school with me or grew up with me regardless of wether their parents or grandparents lived here aswell.

As for you're only English if generations of you family lived in England how many generations does your family have to live in England to become English? What if a family whos heritage can be traced back so many years but then they live in another country for a generation or two then move back?

In my eyes if you feel like England is your home, you contribute to the country and abide by the laws of the land that's all.

We can all be traced back to the Evolution of man so techinally we're all Pangeans right?
 
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