Poll: Are you British or English/Scottish etc?

[GrinningManiac]

I say British because I'm 1/2 Scottish, 1/4 English and a 1/4 Irish (Welsh as well...somewhere)

Also, "English" brings up nasty conotations of xenophobic, skinhead, lower-class thugs

 

[spuddyt]

Thoroughly British.

 

[Jonny49]

I say I'm British, being 1/4 Scottish and 3/4 English.

 

[energetic]

I'm english too, though I don't mind being called British (cept when the world cups on, come on people there is no BRITISH team!). I have a friend though who hates being called English because of things we've done in the past, strange how the rest of the world is so nice and perfect. We've all done bad stuff in our past and we've all done good for the world. To only view the bad is to deny part of who you are. It's good to be part of a united kingdom but it's also important to not forget where you come from.

 

[energetic]

Anyone here just English or solely Irish, Scottish, Welsh as far back as they can tell? Just curious.

 

[Boba Frag]

I'm Irish.
Just to clarify- I'm a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.
Cut and dry.


I don't like the fact that being Irish has been lumped into the whatever category- why has my nation been ignored?
Not an intentional slight, I imagaine. Considering the layers of identity being from anywhere in these islands, it's impossible to poll to include everyone.
But Christ- how can you miss the country directly west of Wales?

 

[Artina89]

British? No. English? No. Yorkshire? YES. Independence for Yorkshire, pudding for all!

Seconded. Yorkshire FTW!

 

[internetzealot1]

Error!Error! Nationality confilicts with thread! Abort!Abort!

 

[pvt_hudson]

And as to the great feats of our past. Well, I'd take them with a pinch of salt. It wasn't Germany who invented the modern concentration camp.

No it was the spanish in Cuba in 1895 who invented the concentration camp, Britain stole the idea off them to help "humanely" cope with the influx of refugees in the Boer war, though through bad conditions and a lack of food this led to the deaths of 20,000 innocents, the germans were the first to make their captives work to death.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

I'm a Canadian-born Scotsman. Damned proud of of it too.

I'm an American-born Scotsman/Canadian/Irish/British/Russian

But since technically your nationality is wherever you're born, I am just an American with European heritage, and you're just a Canadian with Scottish heritage.

That's true. Yes I may be Canadian, but my hearts in Scotland. In a few years I hope to move to Scotland. I've visited a few times, just love it there.

I can appreciate that sentiment. I haven't traveled much, but I'd really like to go to Ireland.

Oddly enough my Great-Great Grandmother is Protestant Irish (Orange) and her husband my Great-Great Grandfather is Catholic Irish (Green). So that household must have been a war-zone haha

 

[TimeLord]

I am half Irish, half Scottish and proud of both

 

[chris89]

I am English. But i have to put British or you get frowned apon

 

[Soxafloppin]

I say im british to people who arnt from the U.K.

When im talkin to someone else form the U.K i say im Northern Irish.

 

[Blimey]

That's true. Yes I may be Canadian, but my hearts in Scotland. In a few years I hope to move to Scotland. I've visited a few times, just love it there.

Out of interest, where exactly did you visit?

All around this area: http://www.visithighlands.com/inverness-loch-ness/
I've been to Scotland twice, once for 2 weeks and another time for 3 weeks.

 

[kannibus]

Is there one for "Commonwealthian"? Because if there is then I'm that.

 

[joshthor]

im american. wanna fight?

 

[Squarez]

As an American reading this thread I am....so confused.

Just to be clear, Britain is the island and England is a country on Britain (again the island) in the UK and the UK is a collection of countries on Britain (again the island) (with the exception of Northern Ireland)?

Nearly.

Britain is the island. The UK is Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland isn't part of Britain or the UK.

And on Britain, there's England, Scotland and Wales.

It would be easier to look at a map.