Poll: A question for Escapist readers from the UK.

[Auron225]

Being from Northern Ireland, I wonder if I'm included in this at all? =P

To answer you're question, Im entitled to get a British passport or an Irish one and I have the latter. I have had a British one before and in my experience, people in airports are nicer to you when they know you're Irish, and people in general get excited to find out you're from Ireland. So Id always call myself Irish rather than British.

 

[Olaf the Oaf]

I'm Scottish and like being called Scottish. I love the countryside and the wet weather.
And our history is fantastic, both pre and post union.
But I'm not bothered if someone were to call me British, because they are technically right.
If I go on holiday it's within the Britain anyway, so not much need for a passport.

 

[Zagzag]

The only time I refer to myself as English is when someone else specificaly uses the word first. Most of my German friends think of me as "English", which makes sense given that is the name of the Language, so I call myself that when talking to them, but prefer British usually. (Plus the word "English" is slightly easier to say in German)