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mokryna Mon 21-Sept-20 09:36:49

Not on official official documents of course but in your mind where do you place yourself and in what order?
I think of myself a EuroEnglishFrench person.

Whingingmom Wed 23-Sept-20 23:09:19

FannyCornforth

Bostin!!!!

geekesse Wed 23-Sept-20 22:58:08

I call myself human. The countries in which I was born and raised do not define me.

Esspee Wed 23-Sept-20 22:20:03

Simply Scottish.

SueDonim Wed 23-Sept-20 21:18:59

I’m not sure about that concept, Grammaretto. I lived for five years in Nigeria but no way would I ever claim that I was Nigerian.

GrandmaMoira Wed 23-Sept-20 16:16:51

Scottish first, then both British and European.

Oldbat1 Wed 23-Sept-20 15:48:07

Scottish definitely Scottish. I married an Englishman and live in England. Children are so pleased they would qualify for Scottish passport if independence materialises. We ALL want to be European though.

MattJo Wed 23-Sept-20 15:40:21

MiniMoon

A's a lass frae Cummerland first. English a close second.

A divvant really think of mesel as European A nivver really did.

Me, too, MiniMoon on all points.

Alegrias Tue 22-Sept-20 10:35:37

PECS

I like that sentiment Grammaretto

Me too Grammaretto. It is a very Scottish concept, how we are linked to the land. But probably not unique. In my experience, the Australians have it too.

Lucca Tue 22-Sept-20 10:22:35

British. But digressing only a bit, when I was young I spent a whole summer in the USA travelling coast to coast Etc. I then flew back to one European country, stopover then on to the other European country where I was living at the time. I realised then how much I loved being part of Europe with different languages cultures food etc. And that’s been my feeling ever since.

Rosalyn69 Tue 22-Sept-20 10:02:26

English

PECS Tue 22-Sept-20 09:40:34

I like that sentiment Grammaretto

JackyB Tue 22-Sept-20 09:30:07

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Lovely, not lively (Suffolk coast)

JackyB Tue 22-Sept-20 09:28:16

Difficult. I was born in London but wouldn't call myself a Londoner. My great grandfather was Irish, so I have an Irish maiden name and I am fond of Ireland.

I grew up in Newmarket which is neither Suffolk nor Cambridgeshire and yet both. (I think I'll plump for Suffolk there because of the lively coastline.)

On paper I am now also German, but would never give up my British passport.

But to answer the question, and backed up by a cousin's research, I can (and do) unashamedly say I'm English.

JenniferEccles Tue 22-Sept-20 09:02:24

English, British so therefore part of the continent of Europe.

I voted to leave the EU, not Europe !

mokryna Tue 22-Sept-20 08:58:57

Sorry but I beg to differ, my heart is still in the Surrey hills but the majority of my family is here. I wish my ashes to be spread there not here.

Grammaretto Tue 22-Sept-20 08:53:03

I wasnt going to add my tuppence worth but here it is anyway:
In the words of the song Call it Alba written for and sung by children at a local school
"I belong to the land I live in and the land is in the very heart of me"

It expresses the belief that if you make a place your home (in this case Scotland) you belong to that place. Your place of birth, your colour or religion are irrelevant. The land belongs to you and you belong to it.

Pantglas2 Tue 22-Sept-20 08:26:18

Welsh in Britain, British all over the world ?????????

PECS Tue 22-Sept-20 08:14:26

British of dual heritage..not particularly proud..place of birth is not an achievement imo!
That is not to say I do not like the UK..I do very much and but pride is not part of those feelings

Marmight Tue 22-Sept-20 03:51:44

English/Scottish (as I lived there longer than in England) and now English again. If asked from whence I come, I say from the UK. I hope it always will be united ??

Ailsa43 Tue 22-Sept-20 03:40:34

Very proud to be Scottish born and raised, but England has been very good to me for over 40 years!.. however when asked, I always say Scottish, then British

cornergran Tue 22-Sept-20 03:34:56

I’m an Essex girl at heart, 43 years since I last lived there, then English then British. Mr C always says he’s a Valleys boy, hasn’t lived there for 55 years.

fatgran57 Tue 22-Sept-20 03:12:30

Australian

Froglady Mon 21-Sept-20 21:28:20

Yorkshire then British then English!

grumppa Mon 21-Sept-20 21:25:03

British, European, Being half English, half Welsh makes things complicated.

LauraNorder Mon 21-Sept-20 21:09:42

English but live in Wales so always careful to say British.
Can see why the Welsh don’t feel joined up, we say Queen of England, Westminster politicians talk about England even when referring to UK matters, we talk about the England cricket team when in fact it’s the England and All Wales cricket team.
At heart I’ll always be English.