English or British? (1 Viewer)
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johnniericoh
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Why do we even have to debate whether we feel English or British - why do we always compromise our heritage and culture for the sake of political correctness - I am totally 100% ENGLISH/ENGLISH/ENGLISH and tremendously proud to be a member of one of the greatest nations on earth...so there !!!
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redsox
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My standpoint here often confuses folk but here goes anyway : I have a Danish Mother , a Welsh Father and I was born in Cov!! My heart tells me I am Welsh when the rugby is on, I support Denmark in the footie I am English only by accident.I suppose I could call myself European?:facepalm:
English - so much so I left 
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blessed by the suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts a peace, under an English heaven.
Rupert Brooke 'the Soldier'
Because of some plot I am here in NZ but am very much hankering after coming back...
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blessed by the suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts a peace, under an English heaven.
Rupert Brooke 'the Soldier'
Because of some plot I am here in NZ but am very much hankering after coming back...
Gazolba
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Reviving an old topic ...
I consider myself both British and English.
Born in England and both parents and all grand and great-grand parents born in England
But on my father's side, my distant ancestors were all Scottish or Irish.
And now there's another issue; I've lived in the USA longer than I lived in England.
So has my Englishness become diluted? Maybe.
But when I speak, people still ask me where I'm from, so I haven't lost my accent.
And I always reply 'England'.
Also, now that I'm outside Europe, I'm also considering myself European.
So it's European, British and English for me.
I consider myself both British and English.
Born in England and both parents and all grand and great-grand parents born in England
But on my father's side, my distant ancestors were all Scottish or Irish.
And now there's another issue; I've lived in the USA longer than I lived in England.
So has my Englishness become diluted? Maybe.
But when I speak, people still ask me where I'm from, so I haven't lost my accent.
And I always reply 'England'.
Also, now that I'm outside Europe, I'm also considering myself European.
So it's European, British and English for me.
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CanadianCCFC
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I thought I was trippin when I saw the OP about euro 2012.
Sorry about that ^ I’ve just been watching fresh prince of bel air
Sorry about that ^ I’ve just been watching fresh prince of bel air
fernandopartridge
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British
SkyBlueDom26
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skybluetony176
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British. England and Northern Ireland through parentage and English by birth. Protestant Northern Irish too so I’m officially the most British person here. Support both England and Northern Ireland in the football, England only in Rugby and no one in cricket because it’s a fucking stupid game. When it comes to football I’d have to say England first but Northern Ireland over the last few years have given me the greatest sense of pride. I put this down to Northern Ireland always punching way above their weight and until the last World Cup England being full of over hyped, over payed pre Madonna’s who think they only have to turn up and that’s enough.
Otis
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I always had you down as a Thetan.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I was born in England. Parents and grandparents born in England and NI. Great grandparents from England, NI, Wales and Scotland.
I guess from a geopolitical stance I consider myself to be both British and English. However, I reserve the right to disagree with English and Brits and agree with people from other nations if they've got a better idea/understanding. Which small part of this speck of dust they come from is irrelevant and will increasingly prove to be the case as time goes by. Same reason I don't consider myself to be Mercian/Anglian etc.
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Covkid1968#
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Used to follow England abroad but got so bored of the no surrender racist English shite..... British and proud of the multicultural nation we have given the world.... Being a Coventry kid just reenforces that view
SkyblueBazza
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For me it doesn't seem hard. If the country(/federation/whatever of your choice) were invaded. Would you die in it's defence?
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SkyblueBazza
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Bloxwich/Black Country/England/Britain/Europe/Commonwealth/Earth...in that order for me
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SkyblueBazza
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And why as 'white' people that in general we crave to gravitate to areas of relative extreme sunlight- be more black?
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SkyblueBazza
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Yes...it has to be quiet & proporionate.
I really hate the English extreme behaviours of going abroad & bigging-up as the hard-man of Europe. We are nothing of the sort. I think if it came down to bare-knuckle fights bottom to top one of the Eastern Europeans would come out on top...Ukrainian probably. In my experience they generally tend to be bigger & stronger & more ruthless physically. Maybe down to the general history of the place.
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Sky Blue Pete
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European for me
Covkid1968#
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Oh we are a pretty pathetic bunch abroad. This current generation and my generation would curl up in a ball and cry if a world war erupted around them. I’d like to think that fellow Cov kids would stand up and give it a go.... but in reality we probably wouldn’t. But we would drink beer and sing about kicking off ... I would be anyway
SkyblueBazza
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Sadly I think nationally you are in a tiny minority in recognising it...& much even tinier minority that would acknowledge it. Consider yourself much further in a positive than what I suspect would be the majority
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Gazolba
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I'd only die in defence of my family. No nation is worth that. I don't owe any nation anything.
Wyken Sky Blue
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British
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vow
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Perhaps, perhaps not!?
Jesus died to save us all and was also black, praise the lord....