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whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 12 May 2015 14:51:36 UTC+1, Adrian wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 2015 14:13:14 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
British is the nationality given in a passport. Not Scottish or
English etc.
But not always how someone thinks of themselves. The scotish and
Welsh certainly don;t.
You're speaking for others again. Not a good idea.
Plus, of course, it's possible to think of yourself as being both
Scottish and British, or Welsh and British. Or, say, a Yorkshireman and
British. Or a Londoner and British.
http://whatscotlandthinks.org/questi...-options#table
I neiother wrote compiled or contributed to these stats they are what
others say NOT me.
British is a national identity. Scottish or Welsh or Yorkshireman or
Londoner are regional identities.
Yep so what identity would a Polish child have who was born in London.
They might consider themselves cockneys but are they ?
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