Do you consider yourself English/Irish/Scottish/Welsh or British?

[Cmwissy]

I understand this will probably alienate the majority of Escapees seeing as the majority of you will not come from this land of plenty called the United Kingdom and therefore hate freedom. [small]lolol sarcastic patriosm[/small]
But to the people who do, do you consider yourself more individual within your own country (Welsh, Irish, Scottish or English [small]or the small islands we don't talk about[/small] or wider term British (One who comes from the British Isles, or the UK)?


I personally come from a Scottish father and an Irish mother, so naturally you would assume I would be a proud warrior race guy who distanced himself from the idea of being British, you would assume wrong. I consider myself British + It helps foreigners who are less familiar with it. (Although for some reason most Americans seem to think Britain/United Kingdom only = England for some reason, weird that)


Anyway, your turn.


EDIT: Also I'd like to add that before someone points it out, I understand the Southern Irish are not part of the United Kingdom.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I'm an English American. My dad is a third generation American and my mom a second generation.

 

[no oneder]

*sigh* I wish I could.

No, but I describe myself as a "half-american half-canadian"

 

[El Poncho]

I consider myself both.

Just don't assume by British I mean English or you'll get a Scottish punch to the face(Hint: It involves using my head)

 

[Dags90]

I've noticed some British people who absolutely loathe being called European. I'm American, so I can't really participate in this thread. I generally identify with all the various localities; though the larger the area covers, the less I identify.

 

[Cmwissy]

I consider myself both.

Just don't assume by British I mean English or you'll get a Scottish punch to the face(Hint: It involves using my head)

Haha, I'm Scottish living in Glasgow. I call myself British, because I am.

 

[Cmwissy]

I've noticed some British people who absolutely loathe being called European. I'm American, so I can't really participate in this thread. T.T

We have patriots as strong as you have, who really want independence from being seen as European.

I wouldn't be qualified to talk about it, It's bigger than I am.

I consider myself Irish. Most people I know from the UK would introduce themselves as Scottish/Welsh etc before they'd introduce themselves as British.

I don't see any connection between myself and Britain, as the Republic of Ireland isn't part of Britain. I've had some people say I'm basically British before, as they consider Ireland part of Britain. But those people were quite bigoted, I must say.

I despise being called British or anything like that. I don't have anything against British people, but my ancestors fought long and hard for Ireland not to be considered British.

At the risk of sounding patronising, it's pretty frickin' understandable that someone from Southern Ireland would want that.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

I say British, because I'm English, but a lot of my family is Welsh when you go back a few generations.

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

I consider myself both Welsh and British.

When holidaying abroad, its easier to say British to avoid the sheep shagging jokes.

 

[AfterAscon]

I consider myself British. My Family comes from all over the Isles (except Wales) and I personally have no strong affiliation with a particular country. This is the reason why, even though I can be considered English and love Football, I don't care when the England football team inevitably fails.

 

[wooty]

I'd always say British as my official nationality. But in a few circumstances in the past, it was always a hell of lot safer to say I was a Liverpudlian.

 

[eggy32]

I'd always say British as my official nationality. But in a few circumstances in the past, it was always a hell of lot safer to say I was a Liverpudlian.

But British isn't a nationality.

 

[JanatUrlich]

Probably English or European or something.

Or Mancunian haha!

 

[imnot]

i'd say British although i am English.

 

[Scobie]

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[DazZ.]

Depends where I am.
I'd say British, then if the people don't like the British I'd say Irish.

I'm English.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

I think the question is because while we're all British, there seems an inherent dislike of England by the other countries As an English person, I tend to go with British, partly because I prefer to think of us all as one, and partly because when I'm filling out forms , I'll often get the chance to tick Irish or Welsh, sometimes Scottish but never English, just British.

I wouldn't wish to force everyone to be called British, it's just disappointing that I can't really claim any pride in being english, because the English flag and the cry of 'ENG-ER-LAND' are both signs of mental damage in hairless stumpy apes. (Yes I both hate football thugs and the BNP.)

 

[Faine']

I'm English but I usually go with British. *shrug*

Edit: Mm. I think SenseOfTumour has the right of it.