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[featherB 1]

My fiance says "English." He also said he never really thought as much about the subject until living over here and our subsequent discussions.

Same here! Have just remembered C. asking me, early on, whether he should tell people his girlfriend was English, or British... my answer was pretty much 'I'm British! Or.... you could say 'English'... no, 'British'... ah, either will do, matters not to me!'

I'm happy with either. That and 'Londoner'.

[Mary Lou 681]

Gary was born in Ballymena, N. Ireland and brought up in Antrim, N. Ireland. He considers himself Irish.

[no name 1]

Gary was born in Ballymena, N. Ireland and brought up in Antrim, N. Ireland. He considers himself Irish.

Interesting. Not Northern Irish?

[Candace 2]

Born in England, brought up in England..call myself British.

Same.

[Mary Lou 681]

Gary was born in Ballymena, N. Ireland and brought up in Antrim, N. Ireland. He considers himself Irish.

Interesting. Not Northern Irish?

Gary sees Ireland as a whole, even tho N. Ireland is part of the U.K.

[ChristinaM 0]

English. Born and bred in England, and since Scotland, Wales and NI would love to devolve I'll stick with England.

[homesick_american 1]

Hubby was born in Warwickshire, refers to himself as English.

[JandC 0]

Born in England....brought up in Kent, England....and i'm English!

[msu17 0]

Speaking for my SO, he was born in Germany (oops, messed that up on the poll, BUT it was in a british military hospital, so w/e) moved back at 2 and has lived in England ever since. Dont EVER call him British or he will go off it I do it for fun

[kins 0]

Anyone who calls themselves "Anglo-American" should come over to my place and I'll give them a dead arm for the privilege.

What should someone who is both English and American call themselves then?

My husband has an English mother and American father. He went to both British and American schools, an American university, a British post-grad university, and since then he's divided his time between the UK and US.

So what is he?

(Just to confuse things he was born in Brazil )

I was born in a British forces hospital in Malta, grew up in British forces accommodation in England, Scotland, Malta and Germany, then finally my parents settled in England.

My mum is Scottish and my dad is English.

I'm British. I'm going to apply for US citizenship as soon as I can, but I think I will always just be British.

[no name 1]

I'm British. I'm going to apply for US citizenship as soon as I can, but I think I will always just be British.

I'm sorry but that is hypocritical. Why bother with US citizenship if you are 'British' by your own terms?

[Krikit 1,165]

I'm British. I'm going to apply for US citizenship as soon as I can, but I think I will always just be British.

I'm sorry but that is hypocritical. Why bother with US citizenship if you are 'British' by your own terms?

I think, in a sense, it is not unlike people who identify with and hyphenate their "Americanism" (for lack of a better word). For example, African-American, Caribbean-American, Polish-American, etc. It's a distinguishing and descriptive characteristic of the person's heritage.

[Mags 112]

I'm British. I'm going to apply for US citizenship as soon as I can, but I think I will always just be British.

I'm sorry but that is hypocritical. Why bother with US citizenship if you are 'British' by your own terms?

It's contradictory sure, but it is something that every person who is going to apply for another country's citizenship has to ponder over. I mean, I am British, I will ALWAYS be British, but when I am able I am going to apply for American Citizenship and have dual nationalities. Doesn't mean that who I am changes, I am still British. I'll still call myself British, it is also obvious as soon as I open my mouth that I'm British.

So, what to do? If you have American Citizenship and someone asks you who/what you are, would you then reply American? I certainly wouldn't, I'd feel a little silly, especially with the accent and all that.

You can take the girl out of Britain, but you can't take the Britain out of the girl.

Edited May 27, 2007 by mags

[no name 1]

I'm British. I'm going to apply for US citizenship as soon as I can, but I think I will always just be British.

I'm sorry but that is hypocritical. Why bother with US citizenship if you are 'British' by your own terms?

It's contradictory sure, but it is something that every person who is going to apply for another country's citizenship has to ponder over. I mean, I am British, I will ALWAYS be British, but when I am able I am going to apply for American Citizenship and have dual nationalities. Doesn't mean that who I am changes, I am still British. I'll still call myself British, it is also obvious as soon as I open my mouth that I'm British.

So, what to do? If you have American Citizenship and someone asks you who/what you are, would you then reply American? I certainly wouldn't, I'd feel a little silly, especially with the accent and all that.

You can take the girl out of Britain, but you can't take the Britain out of the girl.

Technically when you become a USC, you have to rescind your foreign nationality. I'm aware the UK doesn't recognize that so you will be a dual citizen.

It was the way kins worded it, like hey, I'm British but damn, the USC is handy, why not get it? I'll still be British. (OK, that's reading into it, but as a USC, it's not something I take lightly.)

[kisschick1976 0]

Answering for my Jonny:

Born in England, raised in England, considers himself Yorkshire and would even narrow it down to Leeds.

When asked about him I reply with one of two statements: "He's from England." or "He's from Northern England." The second phrase I reserve for people who are smart enough and won't reply with, "OH! You mean Scotland!"

I myself was born in America, raised in America and consider myself an American when talking to someone outside the US but refer to myself as a Texan to anyone inside the US. Although it would seem that some states are more region specific than others and I could safely say I am from Texas and non-US folk would know where that was. (Then make lame jokes about cowboys and horses, I live in a beach town full of surfers)

Now onto this question about citizenship. How would getting a passport in another country change your nationality? When I get British citizenship does that give me the right to say I'm British? I would think it would only give me the right to say I am a British citizen. The same would go for anyone immigrating to the US. You're still British but are now an American citizen. Just my $.02