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WormThatTurned
Number of posts : 1105
Age : 50
Location : Kettering
Registration date : 2006-09-14
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 16:49 | |
| !!!!!!! jeer jeer jeer jeer !!!!!! Theres always an exception to the rule  | |
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fizzywizzy
Number of posts : 728
Age : 52
Registration date : 2006-10-26
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 16:53 | |
| I'm sure I'm not the only one.
The English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish share common values. Why should they think themselves as so very different from each other?
We have had a common history for centuries, share a language, a currency and still share a government and electoral system to some extent. | |
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WormThatTurned
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Age : 50
Location : Kettering
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| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 16:57 | |
| Personally I love the Irish, Scots and Welsh but I always think of myself as English first and I bet they think likewise and I respect that. | |
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fizzywizzy
Number of posts : 728
Age : 52
Registration date : 2006-10-26
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 17:04 | |
| That's cool but I think that a day to celebrate "Britishness" would be more appropriate | |
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WormThatTurned
Number of posts : 1105
Age : 50
Location : Kettering
Registration date : 2006-09-14
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 17:08 | |
| I'm not against a 'Britain day' in principle - could do a lot of good. But if I had the choice I'd opt for St George. | |
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Mauri
Number of posts : 452
Registration date : 2006-04-07
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 18:21 | |
| - WormThatTurned wrote:
- I'm not against a 'Britain day' in principle - could do a lot of good. But if I had the choice I'd opt for St George.
Who was actually...Turkish!  | |
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fizzywizzy
Number of posts : 728
Age : 52
Registration date : 2006-10-26
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 18:25 | |
| - Mauri wrote:
- WormThatTurned wrote:
- I'm not against a 'Britain day' in principle - could do a lot of good. But if I had the choice I'd opt for St George.
Who was actually...Turkish! i thought he was Maltese....but Turkish is good too! | |
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fizzywizzy
Number of posts : 728
Age : 52
Registration date : 2006-10-26
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 18:26 | |
| - fizzywizzy wrote:
- Mauri wrote:
- WormThatTurned wrote:
- I'm not against a 'Britain day' in principle - could do a lot of good. But if I had the choice I'd opt for St George.
Who was actually...Turkish!
i thought he was Maltese....but Turkish is good too! I meant Palestinian.... | |
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fizzywizzy
Number of posts : 728
Age : 52
Registration date : 2006-10-26
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 18:27 | |
| Nor was St Patrick Irish - he merely drove the snakes from Ireland... at least I think that's the case.. | |
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Sam_Garland
Number of posts : 769
Age : 37
Registration date : 2006-06-24
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 18:34 | |
| - WormThatTurned wrote:
- Personally I love the Irish, Scots and Welsh but I always think of myself as English first and I bet they think likewise and I respect that.
Agreed, Welsh first - my nationality, the country I was born and raised in. British second. | |
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spoilt_little_brat
Number of posts : 1427
Age : 38
Location : Conisbrough nr Doncaster
Registration date : 2006-02-28
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 18:53 | |
| I think of myself English first because I was born and raised here, even though I am 1/2 Scott. | |
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drewboy
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Number of posts : 1685
Age : 44
Location : Glasgow
Registration date : 2006-03-05
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 19:34 | |
| Um, to be honest, I pick and choose.
I was born in England, then brought up in Scotland to Scottish parents. | |
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helencbradshaw
Number of posts : 1982
Age : 56
Location : Here, There and Everywhere, but usually in a hotel somewhere
Registration date : 2006-03-18
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 22:15 | |
| I think British first..
born in England to Irish parents and lived in Scotland for most of my adult life! | |
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drewboy
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Number of posts : 1685
Age : 44
Location : Glasgow
Registration date : 2006-03-05
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 22:19 | |
| But wouldn't you agree Helen, that hearing your accent, people would call you English? People assume I'm Scottish when they hear me.
They generally wouldn't call you British. | |
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helencbradshaw
Number of posts : 1982
Age : 56
Location : Here, There and Everywhere, but usually in a hotel somewhere
Registration date : 2006-03-18
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 14 Jun 2007, 22:23 | |
| yep accent wise..definitely English - but then that is "Brits"...many Americans might not be able to pin point an English or a Scottish accent all that well...
although..until a year ago..the majority of English people would have thought me Scottish!! (and the Scots thought I was Australian!)
The Australians however were never in any doubt over my Pommy accent. | |
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WormThatTurned
Number of posts : 1105
Age : 50
Location : Kettering
Registration date : 2006-09-14
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 05 Jul 2007, 17:17 | |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6272012.stmIn the proposed constitutional reforms announced early this week, all government buildings will fly the Union flag. Thats a step in the right direction. Id prefer the St George flag but still, this is good too. | |
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helencbradshaw
Number of posts : 1982
Age : 56
Location : Here, There and Everywhere, but usually in a hotel somewhere
Registration date : 2006-03-18
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 05 Jul 2007, 18:19 | |
| is that the right link Wormy? I get a weather related story..
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WormThatTurned
Number of posts : 1105
Age : 50
Location : Kettering
Registration date : 2006-09-14
| | Subject: Re: St Georges day holiday Thu 05 Jul 2007, 18:38 | |
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