bodleing: According to the Nationality Office, there is no such thing as English nationality.
O how lovely! What should English peeps call themselves then?? Are all your politicians on acid?? Dont answer!... if its anything like ours they are all drinking the same electric kool-aid Id say...Well then best get busy re-writing all the HISTORY books eh
trueheart1941OPbrentwood essex, Essex, England UK8,005 posts
venusenvy: O how lovely! What should English peeps call themselves then?? Are all your politicians on acid?? Dont answer!... if its anything like ours they are all drinking the same electric kool-aid Id say...Well then best get busy re-writing all the HISTORY books eh
hi...V.....well due to invations ....the romans/the danes./french...etc......mongrels....i rekon...
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
venusinsilk: How strange. I was just looking at the census form and it asked if I considered my nationality to be Scottish, English or British. I ticked all three.
bodleingGreater Manchester, England UK13,810 posts
trueheart1941: hi......B...so how did english.....come about.....??.
The word "English" refers to a heritage that began with the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century, who settled lands already inhabited by Romano-British tribes. That heritage then comes to include later arrivals, including Scandinavians, Normans, as well as those Romano-Britons who still lived in England.
trueheart1941: i am not allowed to call myself english...only british.because it offends...those who come over here to live....apparanly this it true.......?????
Ah, you're a bit of a mongrel nation. A bit of Angle, Saxon, Celt, Roman and Viking, the truth be told. But I have to agree that it's rediculous you can't declare yourself to be English!
Jaysus, half the USA seem to define themselves as Irish! Go figure that one out!
bodleingGreater Manchester, England UK13,810 posts
venusinsilk: How strange. I was just looking at the census form and it asked if I considered my nationality to be Scottish, English or British. I ticked all three.
I'd check that on my census form but the hound pissed on it so it went in the bin.
trueheart1941: i am not allowed to call myself english...only british.because it offends...those who come over here to live....apparanly this it true.......?????
But we can call beef English, Scottish or whatever, so basically you are not as important as a cow!. I would check your passport to see if you have got horns on in your photo??
trueheart1941: i am not allowed to call myself english...only british.because it offends...those who come over here to live....apparanly this it true.......?????
An invading force tried to get us to call ourselves 'British' once too.
trueheart1941OPbrentwood essex, Essex, England UK8,005 posts
trurorob: But we can call beef English, Scottish or whatever, so basically you are not as important as a cow!. I would check your passport to see if you have got horns on in your photo??
thats a point....the danes wore them on their helmets did,nt they...emmmmmmmmmm.(vikings)moo....moooo...mooo.
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