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british or english
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I can trace my birth line back to the 1750s all of which are 100% English decent. I filled a form in for the doctors yesterday and when asked for my nationality i put Engish, this was crossed out by the doctor and changed to British, when i protested he said that he has been instructed that that is the correct way to describe my nationality. I told him that i was born in England which makes me English, England is in the British Isles which is a geographical fact, would a French man be happy being called European because France happens to be part of France. Why not go the whole hog and call us all Earthlings. What do others think is correct?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I refuse to be called either English or British. I'm European and proud of it. (I never stand for the UK's National Anthem, which calls for a god I don't believe in to 'save' a monarch I refuse to acknowledge. I'll always stand for 'Ode to Joy').
However, irrespective of our differing opinions, all UK citizens are 'officially' called 'British'. (i.e. that's the convention used for census returns, etc). That applies even to those who live in Northern Ireland, which isn't part of 'Great Britain'.
Chris
However, irrespective of our differing opinions, all UK citizens are 'officially' called 'British'. (i.e. that's the convention used for census returns, etc). That applies even to those who live in Northern Ireland, which isn't part of 'Great Britain'.
Chris
I'm English and British in the same way that someone can be Texan and American. Sure there is banter between us, but then again there's banter between someone from Wiltshire and Yorkshire.
We're too small a country to make petty separations and I feel respective goverments have been keen to 'Conquer and Divide'
We're too small a country to make petty separations and I feel respective goverments have been keen to 'Conquer and Divide'