British or English?

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<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by sarahnmitch


Thank goodness we were able to get Cbeebies on the telly, they both now have English accents!
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You're lucky, we're all Manchester born and bred, and my girls were starting to develop American accents due to over-exposure to The Disney Channel ! That Hannah Montana has a lot to answer for.

To answer the original question, if I can't put Mancunian, I would probably put British now, as described in my passport - it causes less problems when completing security forms etc. In my younger years I would always put English, because I am. A desire for the easy life has won me over.

[wrpac00]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Jill
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<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Jill
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by alastair
I would say if anyone has a British passport then they are British.
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Nobody has a 'British' passport as they are issued by 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Britain is NOT a country in its own right whereas England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are individual countries which collectively form the United Kingdom and if you do not include Northern Ireland then you have Great Britain.


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But your passport will say you are a Britsh Citizen[msnwink]


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Which means I am from one of the following countries: England, Scotland or Wales (which make up Britain, or to give it its full title Great Britain)therefore English, Scottish or Welsh.

Found the following on a history site which might help explain:

Is Great Britain the same as Britain?

Sometimes people use the shortened name Britain instead of Great Britain, to mean the same thing, but really Britain only refers to England and Wales.

The name Britain goes back to Roman times when they called England and Wales "Britannia" (or "Britannia Major", to distinguished it from "Britannia Minor", ie Brittany in France). The Roman province of Britannia only covered the areas of modern England and Wales. The area of modern Scotland was never finally conquered.


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Nearly Jill but not quite correct. From the Direct Gov website.

How to tell if you are a British citizen
If you were born before 1 January 1983
On 1 January 1983, you became a British citizen if both of these applied:

•you were a citizen of the UK and Colonies on 31 December 1982
•you had the 'right of abode' in the UK
'Right of abode' means you:

•are entirely free from UK Immigration Control and don’t need to get permission from an Immigration Officer to enter the UK
•can live and work in the UK without restriction

This includes people who:


•were born in the UK
•were born in a British colony and had the right of abode in the UK
•have been naturalised in the UK
•had registered as a citizen of the UK and Colonies
•could prove legitimate descent from a father to whom one of these applies
People who had the right to live in the UK but not the 'right of abode' did not become British citizens.

[DLB-GOUROCK]

If I am asked, I am from Scotland or I am Scottish.
But I am particular when filling out forms where it requires you to state your nationality I put British.

Whiter we are English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish our nationality is British.

[belfastbob]

well put david,
we can all be proud of our individual countries of birth (england,scotland, wales or my wee northern ireland!!) and rightly so,but i'm also proud to be called british,a u.k citizen and the owner of a british passport! [clap].
we're not that different really, but its whats on the inside that counts,thats what speaks about us more than anything.so cheer up!!!! be happy, you've got florida in your veins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[clairemca]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by belfastbob
well put david,
we can all be proud of our individual countries of birth (england,scotland, wales or my wee northern ireland!!) and rightly so,but i'm also proud to be called british,a u.k citizen and the owner of a british passport! [clap].
we're not that different really, but its whats on the inside that counts,thats what speaks about us more than anything.so cheer up!!!! be happy, you've got florida in your veins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well said Bob! I'm also from Belfast and proud to be a British citizen however when in Florida the Americans call me Irish, I don't care what they call me I'm just happy to be there!!!

[emm]

Like David, I would say I am Scottish, or from Scotland, but when it comes to filling in forms I have always put my nationality as British.