People who are born in the UK say they are english.?

iaoei M

dont be silly people are either British English Welsh or Scotish or evenIrish, its not that we say were english if we are born in the u.k it usually means we where born in England!!

Beaves

Not sure what you're gettin at? I was born in England( to English parents) and regard myself as English. Although I am equally proud to be British or from the UK.

Gypsie

People who are born in the UK also say they are Welsh, Scottish or Irish.....only the English say they are English. Get it wright!!!

miraclehand2020

YOU SURE ARE ANNAL RETENTIVE

tucksie

No, only if you are born to two English parents in England are you English. If not you are British.
Your quote on animals is foolish, if you are born in a pig sty are you a pig ????

thundercatbabe

i was born in the uk but i am welsh!

Steve K

What's your point???
Scots, Welsh and northern Irish are born in UK - does not make them English.

miss onslow ketel booth

idiot. people born in england of english parents are english. the united kingdom is comprised of england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. people born in the uk can be english, welsh, scottish or even irish.

mary.cargill55@btinternet.com

What a pathetic question !!!!!!!!!!!

Jude

My mum was born in the UK but she calls herself Northern Irish. Now, a friend of mine, born in the UK, has one parent from South Africa and one from Germany, what should she call herself??? Oh, and how far back do you want to go? Because really we're all a mixture of French, German, Danish, etc etc etc.

KAZ M

I was born in the UK and have a UK passport but I am Welsh! We should all be proud of our heritage!

Heather

no they don't.

the Welsh say they are surprise surprise Welsh and the Scottish folks say they are Scottish.

Where did you get your information?.

orangefrostie

You cannot compare a stable, a dog and the United Kingdom.
The U.K. consists of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales which falls under British rule. Actually, the people are referred to as "British". Those who hail from England, are ENGLISH. By the way, don't be confused with S. Ireland. Those from the south are not considered British, but are IRISH. They refuse to recognise the monarchy and also have their own currency.

mickl84

You got that off of the secret policeman.

elk312

I suppose if they are born in ENGLAND, which is part of the UK, they call themselves English, yes. That would make sense, wouldn't it? Your simile is hyperbole at best and makes no sense in reference to the first part of your question. What exactly are you asking? What statement are you actually trying to make? Perhaps you should learn to express yourself more clearly.

Terry

People born in ENGLAND say they are English. People born in WALES say they are Welsh; and people born in SCOTLAND say they are Scottish.

I wouldn't make the mistake of calling a Scot an Englishman if I were you - not without calling for an ambulance first.

Anyone born in those countries (and Northern Island) can also call themselves British, because that is the international designation of nationality.

cazmo

so does that mean if i was born in a hospital im a nurse

Crusader1189

I don't think the Welsh and Scots and North Irish are going to like you very much. Only people born in England generally identify themselves as English. Though technically, anyone who is of Anglo-Saxon decent would be "English" if we went by tribal relation rather than national origin.

topdog

dogs and horses are breeds of different animals people no matter where they are born are humans the same breed. you are only english if you have tea at 3 and play cricket in the summer otherwise you are british

Lord of the Sovereign Ring

Holy cow, some people in here really really need to get laid.

Here's a quick Geography lesson:
British: from Great Britain which consists of England, Scotland and Wales ONLY.

UK: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland formed after some King and Government tried to force out the Catholics from Ireland. It was only successful in the north and hence the separation of Northern Ireland from the rest of the Ireland.
Another great victory from enforcing the rule that whoever has the best imaginary friend can do whatever they want to the one with the weaker imaginary friend.

Give Whirled Peas a chance.

celestialterrestialcommuter

Your question is actually a misquote from Wellington who when asked about his nationality declared that he was English (even though born in Ireland) and had he been born in a stable it would not have made him a horse.

Generally people from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland think of themselves as both British and one of English, Welsh, Scots or Irish, although as seen,parentage can have as much effect on ones perception of nationality as actual place of nativity.

Coming from a long line of English ancestors on both sides of my family tree and having been born in London, I think of myself firstly as British and secondly as English. My children, who have a black West African mother but were born in England think of themselves in the same way.

what a dumb question !

if you were born in a stable would that make you a horse too?

Dingo-Bob

Reading the previous answers, I think you can see that your 'DOG + STABLE = HORSE' analogy does not stand up to scrutiny.

Regarding humans, if both your parents are English, then you may call yourself English, but what if your dad is German and your mum is French, what nationality are you? Frerman?? Grench?? I hope you can see that it would be confusing.

That's why it has been decided by experts that a person can claim either the nationality of one of their parents, or the country in which they were born.

By the way, according to your reckoning, the English would be classed as German (Saxons), or Danish (Vikings), as that is where our ancestors came from. Are you happy with that?

lauriekins

I've never said that myself, I'm British, not English.
And if a dog was born in a stable it wouldn't make him a horse but it might make him entitled to residency and citizenship rights of that stable.

Kikyo

You can't compare a dog, stable and the UK in the same aspect. It depends on which part of the UK that the person is born before they give themselves a label (English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish)..

Winnie

Don't know what horses have to do with nationality - I am a pixie born in Cornwall.

adosullivan2003

So if a dog born in a stable is a horse what woud that make JC?

maguyver727

America-England-Isreal
are Sisters.

enigma_variation

essentially you are using the racist argument that people of a different ethnicity are a different species to yourself.

a better analogy would have been, if a labrador is born in a collie's kennel, is it still a dog? the answer a resounding yes!

learn some logic before condemming others actions

Cristina

Please! Let's keep two things separate. 'Citizenship' is one thing, and 'nationality' is something else. There is no American nationality, because there is no American race. That's what you get with the melting pot. Once you mix people of different nationalities in marriages you end up with children having no nationality. As someone else pointed out here there is no name for a half-German, half-French person. If you were to ask an American their 'nationality' they may respond with 'I am half German, one fourth Irish, and one fourth English.' Being American-born will give you American 'citizenship' but your 'nationality' is where you bloodline comes from - and not where you were born. In other words, I agree that 'Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.'

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