Soldato
I'm English, Britain is just the collective name for England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and not a country in it's own right. My ancestry is Scottish however
Mundu said: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?
me227 said: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.
Balddog said:My friends tell me that in Japan they only ever say England...
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 ...
Thesnipergecko said:Some very different opinions on the matter. I personally see myself as British, (thats whats on my passport anyway). I live in England and i see the word English as a Language
Therefore I am British and speak the English language in England
Thanks for all the replies.
Paul ...
Bracco said:So if you were born in Germany I guess you wouldn't call yourself German (or Deutsche if you're trying to be pedantic), as that's how they refer to their language? Same goes with Italy, Spain, France... ad infinum.
Marshmule said:Well im certainly not English, i love the assumption that everyone on the forums is English,
But Im British then Welsh
Whitewater said:I'm English, Britain is just the collective name for England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and not a country in it's own right. My ancestry is Scottish however
Mr Bulbous said:The Japanese are quite more advanced than that, talk about pigeon_holing people ... LOL
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