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

[Cmwissy]

Ireland is not part of Britain not even Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland is part of the British Islands, quite a few N. Irish consider themselves British, even though the UK is a different thing, my mother being one of these people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Islands

Northern and the Republic are part of the British Isles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles


EDIT: Although I agree that people from the Republic should have and I encourage the non-British mentality.

People from Northern Ireland however are just as British as the Scots, English and Welsh, in my humble opinion.


DOUBLE EDIT: Saying 'British' is a lot easier than saying 'Person from the United Kingdom', even if all else fails.

 

[Canid117]

(Although for some reason most Americans seem to think Britain/United Kingdom only = England for some reason, weird that)

Yeah... sorry about that, you can blame Mel Gibson and Braveheart if you want...

That and history books. I mean, we Declared our Independence from the British("The English are coming!" just sounds silly), and then allied with England for WWI and II.

I remember when Princess Di died, after I had gotten over the seriousness of it I was left with the question "Wait, she was the Princess of Whales?"

I believe the next in line for the English throne is always referred to as the Prince/Princess of Wales. Could one of the Brits clear this up for us? We Americans are too lazy to Google it.

 

[Cmwissy]

I believe the next in line for the English throne is always referred to as the Prince/Princess of Wales. Could one of the Brits clear this up for us? We Americans are too lazy to Google it.

You are correct, although It's not the 'English throne' per se, it's the throne of all the common wealth, including all of the UK, Canada, Australia and more.

We have a little empire going on xD.

 

[BeastofShadow]

Irish. I'm from the ROI. I also don't class myself as "European" despite wanting a federation oddly enough

 

[JimJamJahar]

I always say English, but I respond to British as well. I just get a little annoyed that a lot of people assume English when someone says British (although it doesn't affect me)

 

[Faulty Turmoil]

I say I'm English and then if people cock their heads like a confused dog, I sigh heavily and say I'm British. I'm not ashamed of my Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish neighbours but I like to be seen as more of an individual.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Ireland is not part of Britain not even Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland is part of the British Islands, quite a few N. Irish consider themselves British, even though the UK is a different thing, my mother being one of these people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Islands

Northern and the Republic are part of the British Isles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles


EDIT: Although I agree that people from the Republic should have and I encourage the non-British mentality.

People from Northern Ireland however are just as British as the Scots, English and Welsh, in my humble opinion.


DOUBLE EDIT: Saying 'British' is a lot easier than saying 'Person from the United Kingdom', even if all else fails.

Britain and the British Isles are two completely different things. Britain refers to Great Britain which is just the UK mainland ie Scotland, Wales and England so not The Isle of Man and Ireland etc. While these are part of British Isles they are not part of Britain.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

I consider myself none of the above. I'm German, Italian, and Russian.

 

[Digikid]

From what I was told...my mother was English but raised here in Ontario....my father was Scottish but again was raised here in Ontario. We have no accent.

However I still solidly believe that I am half Scot and English. As a England type I have the stubborn streak that most English have......and I have the Scot temper and love of building machines and stuff that most Scots have.

Still though....never seen Scotland before yet. Have no interest in England though for some reason.

 

[Matt-the-twat]

I'm English, British and European. I don't mind using any of those descriptions because I'm proud of them all, makes me a little bit sad when other people in Britain the UK or Europe are embarrassed of being labelled as such.

Btw, don't know whether this has been covered (couldn't be arsed to read past the first page, I know that makes me a cock for posting but meh) but: Britain = England, Wales and Scotland and the UK = England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

 

[AmayaOnnaOtaku]

I consider myself a mutt I have the scotch/irish temper, pale skin, green eyes and red hair. But it will be either scotch or Irish because my mom's mom is a Weaver (Scotch) and my Dad's mom was a Higgins (Irish)

 

[Cmwissy]

Britain and the British Isles are two completely different things. Britain refers to Great Britain which is just the UK mainland ie Scotland, Wales and England so not The Isle of Man and Ireland etc. While these are part of British Isles they are not part of Britain.

But it would be still fair to refer to the denizens of the British isles as British? Correct?

Look, we have no collective term for a citizen of the UK, so we use British instead, it's fair enough.

Be a bit more liberal.

 

[Dogstile]

Considering i'm all of those except welsh (that gets taken up by being italian) I consider myself... DUN DUN DUN.

Different.

 

[Optional Opinion]

I'm English.

Unless Wimbledon is on then I'm British.

 

[Cmwissy]

I'm English.

Unless Wimbledon is on then I'm British.

Hahaha, oh God, biggest laugh of the day.

 

[XDevilDriverX]

I am Irish american (although i wish i was just irish.)

 

[Foxbat Flyer]

Out of them, scottish. My grandmother on my mothers side came from scotland, great grandfather on my mums fathers side came from itally and my grandparents on dads side came from england, but i feel more scottish