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29 Jun 2010, 6:00 am

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Just by the what you've observed since you've all known me, whether it's been for a few years, or a few days, do I seem to act British, to you guys?

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I think that British people tend to say 'English, Welsh, Irish, or Scottish' so the very fact that you ask the question suggests you're other than British.

I disagree. I think it depends where they come from. All the English Brits I know say they are British unless specifically trying to differentiate between the countries. For the last couple of weeks they have been English. Since Sunday's humiliation they are British again. They do however say they come from England. So nationality = British, country of origin = England.

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29 Jun 2010, 7:54 am

The thing that got me asking that question, is that when I was in college, one of my colleagues told me, that I act British, sometimes, but than, why am I thinking about something that was said about me, 16 years ago?

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29 Jun 2010, 7:57 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

Just by the what you've observed since you've all known me, whether it's been for a few years, or a few days, do I seem to act British, to you guys?

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29 Jun 2010, 8:26 am

MotherKnowsBest wrote:

Euclid wrote:

CockneyRebel wrote:

Just by the what you've observed since you've all known me, whether it's been for a few years, or a few days, do I seem to act British, to you guys?

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I think that British people tend to say 'English, Welsh, Irish, or Scottish' so the very fact that you ask the question suggests you're other than British.

It's not knee-jerk like that, it's more political. There's a trend towards identifying as being from one of the constituent countries. The political setup of the UK at present discriminates against England; devolution has encouraged the English to think of themselves as specifically English more often. It's really hard to summarise and you have to consider the North-South divide which is vitally important in English (and British, as Scotland, Wales and NI are geographically with the north of England) politics. Identifying as English isn't very useful because of the differences in culture across England, so it compels people to identify at a more regional level.

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29 Jun 2010, 8:34 am

Lancashire culture is very different from that of Kent, for example. We eat different food and speak different and everything.

Where's my Lancashire 'otpot?

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29 Jun 2010, 8:40 am

Funny you should say that. I am from Lancashire, Skem to be precise, and my husband is from Kent. He likes hotpot. I prefer food with a higher chocolate content.

And neither one of us has changed our nationality because of devolution. It's a union jack at the top of our flagpole.

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29 Jun 2010, 8:41 am

Cheese and onion. Mmmmmm. No chocolate but still mmmmmmmm.

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29 Jun 2010, 8:42 am

MotherKnowsBest wrote:

We don't 'tend to add a 'u' to some words'. We just spell them correctly. :wink:

So those 12 years of grammar lessons in school were for nothing? Oh god...

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29 Jun 2010, 8:46 am

Afraid so.

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29 Jun 2010, 9:23 am

MotherKnowsBest wrote:

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British people tend to add a 'u' to some words like color...dead giveaway right there

We don't 'tend to add a 'u' to some words'. We just spell them correctly. :wink:

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29 Jun 2010, 2:58 pm

One of the traits of being British is to be a little unsure of your identity (I'm both Scottish and British,depending on the situation.I even feel an affinity with the England football team because their recent fall from grace reminds me of Scotland's football team in days gone by)
The fact that you're asking the question,C.R.,means you are acting British in that respect.

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24 May 2016, 5:17 pm

pluto wrote:

One of the traits of being British is to be a little unsure of your identity (I'm both Scottish and British,depending on the situation:)

I think, that being British, means using your identity, not exploiting it by using some some foreign shipment or indeed poll. :wink:

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24 May 2016, 5:51 pm

eagletalon86 wrote:

British people tend to add a 'u' to some words like color...dead giveaway right there

Canadians spell those words with a "u" too, and Cockney Rebel is Canadian, so that's not a sign of a Canadian acting British. They don't add a "u" to those words, they spell the words with a "u". Americans spell them without the "u".

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25 May 2016, 12:20 am

This thread is old news.

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