Poll: Proud to be British

[emeraldrafael]

I small percentage. and not really, i wasnt born there. I run on the american basis of provable 2%-ism (mainly its you have ot be 2% to be considered seriously of that race/ethnicity.

I'm (rounded numbers):
6% Native American.
24% Italian
15% German
36% Polish/Pollack (i'm told there's a difference, but i dont see it)
14% Irish
4% mixed (pick a country in europe, chances are I'm part of it geneologically)
and
1% British

Its a waste of ink to even say i'm british.

So in other words you're (rounded numbers):

6% Native American
90-94% European (Depending on what 'mixed' means (mixed sweets maybe?))

And that makes you a Native American. Wow.

It makes me Native American cause i was BORN IN AMERICA. I'm Cherokee before anyhting else, American second, then American-Italian decent and then i go down the list by largest number of percentage in my blood. Besides, the Cherokee has had more influence on my life then aynthing else.

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So.. You're polish? Not a native? Nothing wrong with being polish.

Didnt say there was. I find Polish people to be quite enjoyable. There's always so nice and friendly.

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People say they saved you from sin? Eurgh well i cant talk for religious fanatics but im sure they ruin everyone's experience. Sounds to me like youv gotten a very bad taste of Britain. Try Northern Ireland. Iv never been anywhere more friendly than the Irish!

p.s if it can be cooked in a takeaway it is not the sort of "traditional" food you should be trying

thats pretty much it in a nutshell. And it was out of a takeway, but I had to do research where i was going and i saw that a large part of British diet was fish and bread (especially during the time of my study whihc was colonial up to 1877) so thats what a larger portion of my meals had ot be.

 

[AcrylicHero]

@emeraldrafael
It seems like you have had a pretty unlucky experience, unless you came here already wanting to dislike the place. though it seems that people up and down the country have just seen that your native American heretige as a button to puch and wind you upand to get a rise out of you, if you were short they would have got to you about that. and i dont honestly belive that most people you met were doing it maliciusly.

also not visiting the north was a mistake we are a much friendlier bunch up here

Idd.
We do alot of sarcy jabs to people, no matter where they're from, to wind them up. It's how we talk.
If you were american we'll go on about republicans, the deep south and guns. If you were german we'll bring up the war. If you're french, you should just get out and surrender. If you're scouse then your team is now nothing more than a mid table team with a very average team, and 2005 was a fluke.
Making fun of each other and ourselves is just how we roll. Me and my mates throw racial slurs and racist comments at each other casually because it's fun to wind up your mates or try.

 

[Druss the Slayer]

Very much so, we're fucking AWESOME.

I hear a lot of talk about chavs on the escapist, are you one them?

Put it this way.
I have a monocle, walk with the aid of a cane, and possess an upper-class British accent (worthy of my status as an upper class British subject). I also set fire to chavs.

So you're like... A very classy Pimp? Who dislikes chavs?

 

[AcrylicHero]

Very much so, we're fucking AWESOME.

I hear a lot of talk about chavs on the escapist, are you one them?

Put it this way.
I have a monocle, walk with the aid of a cane, and possess an upper-class British accent (worthy of my status as an upper class British subject). I also set fire to chavs.

So you're like... A very classy Pimp? Who dislikes chavs?

I think he might be implying that he's a drug baron.

 

[dex-dex]

I am part British I like it
no country has a squeaky clean past. if so then it is not a real country!

 

[imPacT31]

I'm not proud of being British but that's because the concept just doesn't gel with me. It just seems like arrogance as it's essentially the worst form of patriotism: "My country is better than yours".

Am I glad I was born in this country rather than certain others? Yes, certainly.

The difference is that rather than lauding the "greatness" of Britain, I instead feel ashamed that other people in the world have to live in countries that aren't as safe, free and well-fed as mine.

 

[jamradar]

I am not British so no.
I am proud to be German though.

 

[emeraldrafael]

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I got asked what i was because I had a slightly darker shade so i didnt look native british. after I told people what I was, i got those reactions. Of the few people that i met who werent british decent (i.e. oriental mostly, but that might have just been the places i visited), I told them after they told me what they were and tehy didnt react with the same hostilities. I dont think I'm cool for being Native American. I just htink I'm me and that that part of my ancestry make me a little more different but not higher above anyone. The people i made friends with didnt care i was Cherokee, and i was glad tehy didnt. I get enough of it in America when my neighbors ask me to do a rain dance when we have a drought.

 

[Serenegoose]

Nationalism makes my skin crawl, so I'm not proud to be British. Until recently I found the country an adequate place to live but the most recent government is seeking to undo that as quickly as it's possible, turning this place into a hellhole for people like me who dare to be poor.

 

[Habakkuk]

Whats not to be prowd about?

We've got the highest teen pregnancy rate in Europe, One of the highest drink rates, one of the fattest, we have the least living space and we're least popular! I for one am prowd of coming first in so many lists.

Also, We're the only nation I can think of who can hold a fair election and still end up with a government no-one supports.

In fact, I think we're the only country to hate itself so much. We're actualy four country's, all of whome hate the English... Including the English.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

I dont hate Britain because and Englishman is my ancestor. The person said a native american knocked up a women so i'm trying to make myself more them I am without any prior knowledge of my situation. I clarified.

I still don't see why any of this historical sexual activity is the "fault" of someone who will not be born for 200 years or the entire sociogeographical group that this one man beloged to.

 

[RewardMe]

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I got asked what i was because I had a slightly darker shade so i didnt look native british. after I told people what I was, i got those reactions. Of the few people that i met who werent british decent (i.e. oriental mostly, but that might have just been the places i visited), I told them after they told me what they were and tehy didnt react with the same hostilities. I dont think I'm cool for being Native American. I just htink I'm me and that that part of my ancestry make me a little more different but not higher above anyone. The people i made friends with didnt care i was Cherokee, and i was glad tehy didnt. I get enough of it in America when my neighbors ask me to do a rain dance when we have a drought.

I'm calling bullshit. British people are not like americans. We don't start conversations then ask them their ancestry. We don't care. It never comes up in a converstation. Whether you're talking to a black man, asian or white guy.

 

[King Toasty]

I'm Canadian. So yeah, your guy's countries are pretty cool. Sorry about America, though, Rest Of World. We try to keep it in check. But it's just so bloody /stupid/ sometimes.

Thanks for the land, Britain. We're using pretty well. Boring politics, though. GOD our politics are boring. I watched curling instead of the election.

So yeah, since I'm Canadian, I'm all proud for you guys. Even the Americans. Have a good time.


(Note: We secretly hate everyone behind their back).

 

[MrFluffy-X]

I?m 22 and not proud to be British...but proud to be Scottish

Simple reason: I?m against the monarchy....fuck the queen!

 

[Xabekrn]

I'm not British, but I have had British friends over Xbox live and other online places. There are a lot of policies that I wish America would take a serious look at. This is coming from an American college student $9,000 dollars in debt. I heard that you can get paid for going to college and that would be a huge relief because balancing a job and school work is hellish if you plan to have a social life on top of that. Also, who needs guns besides for hunting and law enforcement. No gun policies seem fantastic, no worries on getting shot on the street you grew up in. That being said, I don't think that the UK is a magical land were no violence is held, but its a lot manlier to fist fight someone if you have that bad of a problem with them rather than getting shot because you wear the wrong colors in the wrong neighborhood.(I'm sure I'm not the only American on this forum that has been hassled for wearing blue in a bad neighborhood lol) I plan to holiday in the UK one summer and gauge my own experience there and maybe plant my roots there. So Brits keep on keepin' on and show your pride lol

 

[Jim Grim]

No, because we didn't do anything. How can I be proud of something I didn't take part in, just because I was born in the same country as someone who did? This has always confused me.

 

[Danzaivar]

thats pretty much it in a nutshell. And it was out of a takeway, but I had to do research where i was going and i saw that a large part of British diet was fish and bread (especially during the time of my study whihc was colonial up to 1877) so thats what a larger portion of my meals had ot be.

You based your idea of the British diet on what we would have been eating around 1877? Before planes and fridges and supermarkets and basically everything else?

Awesome.

 

[airplanedude550]

Though I am proud of being British, I'm not proud of the p****s who raised tuition!!!

 

[Druss the Slayer]

[quote="emeraldrafael" post="18.251092.9308343"[/quote]
Not sure I snipped that right.
Mate, English people do not just go up to random people, and ask them their country/race of origin. It just doesn't happen. So I find it very, very hard to believe that people constantly asked you this, throughout England.