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Ah... Perfidious Albion. We are not the nicest of people collectively however, as individuals the British character strengths are self-restraint, hard work, resilience, optimism, courage, generosity, modesty, empathy, kindness and good manners. Old-fashioned values and easy to sneer at I suppose.
The art of queueing escapes most other cultures but, its what we do....
Michael is quite right, we are a paradox.
...and an almost fanatical devotion to the........... I'll come in again!
...and an almost fanatical devotion to the........... I'll come in again!
I'm a bit confused.
Surely you are Americans / Australians first with your individual family history.
Or, do you think of yourselves as German - Americans , Anglo - Americans etc?
I say this after listening to a radio debate about 'being English'. The points were (briefly) (1) Are you British first, so an Indian could say he was an British Asian and so on. (2) Is birth in England enough, or do you need generations of English parents plus birth to claim to be English? It all got very complicated and some callers were really quite rude and unpleasant.
I thought.. oh bollocks, I know who I am so the other PC ****ers can **** off
I'm a bit confused.
Surely you are Americans / Australians first with your individual family history.
Or, do you think of yourselves as German - Americans , Anglo - Americans etc?
I say this after listening to a radio debate about 'being English'. The points were (briefly) (1) Are you British first, so an Indian could say he was an British Asian and so on. (2) Is birth in England enough, or do you need generations of English parents plus birth to claim to be English? It all got very complicated and some callers were really quite rude and unpleasant.
I thought.. oh bollocks, I know who I am so the other PC ****ers can **** off
You're just all dutch. You even needed a dutch king and you guys lost at sea from us.
I usually refer to myself as a Californian as well as an American, being born in Southern California (back when California was a good place to be).
It's always good to know one's roots, but a person's place of birth can be just as important. My Scottish ancestors were a mix of Saxons and native Scotts (Mac Beans) or native Scotts (Royal Stuart), my German ancestry was mostly Saxon and the Prussian side is aparently German and Teuton (would like to know more details there, perhaps in time) and the Sioux is pretty self-evident.
I'm proud of my ancestry, but I am an American.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a "Brit" basically a catch-all for any citizen of the Empire, while an "Englishman/Scot/etc." someone of that specific heritage? (See all the confusion having an actual Empire can cause?!?!?!)
Well it's sure good to see you boys got this thread back on track after it took that digression into oil.You're just all dutch. You even needed a dutch king and you guys lost at sea from us.
Within our Union everyone is British, that's why we all have the same passport which states we are British citizens. We may wish to identify ourself as belonging to one of the four nations which makes up the Union, but internationally we all belong to the single state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The term 'British citizen' is a catch all as you say. But, within our union no one is 'British',
Within our Union everyone is British, that's why we all have the same passport which states we are British citizens. We may wish to identify ourself as belonging to one of the four nations which makes up the Union, but internationally we all belong to the single state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Michiel de Ruyter sailed to Chatham and kicked the hell out of the RN, giving the British a bloody nose (unfortunately he was beaten later in another battle, but you can't have it all).huh? I seem to remember the RN having a rather noticeable presence world-wide from about the late 1500s on.
And I assume you mean William of Orange?
(Pardon the questions, but I like clarity - probably since I'm usually somewhat foggy)