I am British no arguement!!

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 21:06

Had a converation the other night in the pub. I am BRITISH it says so on my passport and I am proud of same. In the same debate ( I use the term loosely)most English said no way I am English and nothing else.(the majority of people there at the time)

What do the rest of the



Welsh

Scots

Irish

English

think?



p.s I was born in Edinburgh and I am proud of that but still British.

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 21:13

My first passport said I was a 'British Subject' but no longer, I'm Stateless! Any of you dog/cat loving people want to take me in?!



Richard

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
12/10/2009 21:38

I'm English.

pilgrim



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Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:03

We of UK origin have mostly been regarded as British around the globe for many a century and our independant existance at times has been thanks to the services and many lost lives of our fellow compatriates , Scottish, Welsh,English and Irish, and I am happy to be regarded as British.

ROBnJO


Joined: 30/06/2008
Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:11

Chris



If Scotland achieved total independance from England, would you want to have a Scottish or Enlish Passport?



pilgrim



would you take Scottish banknotes with you on holiday?

Brinsley


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Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:14

Paul



That's why your mob nearly succeeded in wiping out the total male population of NZ!



Richard

smithy


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Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:22

I'm British

Sometimes not so proud to shout that around

nurseawful



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Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:24

ROBnJo

1. It will never happen in my lifetime. So I will always have a British passport.



2. Only a fool would take Scottish banknotes on holiday as they are only Legal Tender in Scotland! (which opens another debate) OOps sorry just realised that question not directed at me but to Pilgrim but I have answered it anyway.



Question to No1Doyen. What is your defination of English? and why not British?

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:26

Hi Nurseawful. In response to your question, quite simple, I was born in England.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:29

Im Irish and so proud to be. We fought long and hard to have that status. Im from Eire xx. However I have loved living in Wales and they are my adopted country. Im in the position of holding two passports as my father was from Northern Ireland. So sometimes Im british



xx

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:38

Message 9

Bill,

I was born in Edinburgh (the capital) both my grandads fought in the 1st and 2nd world wars for Britain and were proud to be British so why should we be any different?

Did your grandads fight for England or for at that time Great Britain?

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:45

Don't know about you lot (myself included) bringing up past ventures of war, what about the current one here in TRNC of the suppression of Human Rights to those that live here?!



Richard

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 22:48

Nurse My dad fought for Britian as the republic was neutral and Irish men had the choice to go which most did as the famine poverty etc money was the draw xxxxxxxxx

pilgrim



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Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:00

Often accepted Scottish banknotes , no problem legal tender.

BigMart


Joined: 26/02/2009
Posts: 423

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:02

I am born in England and proud of it.



But when we go to war we go as British Forces.



God save the Queen.



Perhaps some of you lot ought to pay a visit to the First Wworld War cemeterys to realise what being British means.





Will I see many of you at the dedication of thememorial on 8-11-09 I don't thinkk so.

nurseawful



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Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:03

Paul,

You may have done in Scotland or indeed anywhere in the UK but they really are not legal tender anywhere but Scotland.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:06

NI & Scottish notes are legal tender in England, I used to take £100 bills without problems in London.



Richard

BigMart


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Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:08

Brinsley, You are missing the point, it's not aboutr bank notes it's about being British.

BigMart


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Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:17

Slow to reply, Take a along hard look at what your ancestors did. You ought to feel that you owe your ancestors a lot. Don't be so quick to slag the present Brtiish government off.

pilgrim



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Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:18

Stand corrected, thanks.

BigMart


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Posts: 423

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:32

Brinsley.



You have gone very quiet.



Have you ever heard of Galipoli ?



I think you will find that more people from the british Isles died than those from the antipodes. Don't be mislead by the anti British propoganda.



We were all fighting for the same aim, don't let present day propaganda cloud your view.

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:51

Dear Nurseawful re msg 1



Kindly look at the British Passport you hold.. it says United Kingdom of Great Britain and NORTHERN Ireland



Too many folk have lost their lives for the right to be called what they like.. My passports are travel documents that say where and when I was born.. that's IT..



I'm truly grateful for all those who gave their lives so as I can say that.. I've seen far too much prejudice in my life..



We are only what we are( nationality) by accident of birth...

Whistler


Joined: 28/07/2008
Posts: 1332

Message Posted:
12/10/2009 23:57

Big Mart. You will see me there.

Brinsley


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Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
13/10/2009 01:36

BigMart Msg 21



Firstly, it's spelt GALLIPOLI or GELiBOLU. Secondly, are you sure there isn't an 'S' between g & m in your code name? Thirdly, did your Great Uncle die there? Fourthly, have you even been there? I think you need to read a book, if you can read, by Alan Moorehead about Gallipoli after which you'll be surprisingly educated!



Richard

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
13/10/2009 01:50

English - always - and if something says British, I cross it out, and put English

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
13/10/2009 02:15

Richard; according to wiki, losses were; British 21.000. French 10,000. Aus 8,700. NZ 2,700. India 1,300.



NZ lost a greater %age of population than the rest.



Another useful tip



Google; Gallipoli the facts and myths.



And yet another; never put faith in a Mel Gibson movie unless you think that anti-English propoganda is more important than the truth.



Gallipoli, Braveheart, The Patriot.

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
13/10/2009 02:48

any 1 know where i can buy some union jack shorts and a hanky?

zerochlor


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Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
13/10/2009 02:50

oh,and some knee high socks that look nice with me sandals!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
13/10/2009 09:04

What size sandals do you take and do you want the hanky to come with the knots already tied ))

zerochlor


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Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
13/10/2009 09:12

its ok NO1



i know a very veryyy good sailor!

Rogerd


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Posts: 43

Message Posted:
13/10/2009 14:31

I have a friend whose father is Welsh, his mother is Scottish and he was born in England. He grew up in both Wales and England and says he's British. For him thats probably the easiet way to describe it, but as far as I'm concerned I am English.