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Do You Feel British Or European?
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I was surprised to read that In Germany, just 25 per cent of people said they felt ‘only German’ and not European, and 36 per cent of people in France feel ‘only French’.
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Yes that Union Flag in the photograph is upside down.
I was surprised to read that In Germany, just 25 per cent of people said they felt ‘only German’ and not European, and 36 per cent of people in France feel ‘only French’.
Foot note:
Yes that Union Flag in the photograph is upside down.
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I don't understand it either. If someone asks me where I'm from that's one question.
If they are asking about my familial background that's a completely different question.
If I had a pronounced West Indian accent, I suppose it would be understandable...but I don't. In fact, because my parent came to the UK very young, everyone in my family has a 'London accent'.
But like I say - most people get the distinction nowadays. There are much fewer ignorant people around.
I don't understand it either. If someone asks me where I'm from that's one question.
If they are asking about my familial background that's a completely different question.
If I had a pronounced West Indian accent, I suppose it would be understandable...but I don't. In fact, because my parent came to the UK very young, everyone in my family has a 'London accent'.
But like I say - most people get the distinction nowadays. There are much fewer ignorant people around.
naomi24
This actually happened to me a few weeks ago.
A friend who has emigrated to Sydney was back in London and we caught up with him and his girlfriend.
She's Asian, and when I asked whereabouts she was from, we both knew that I was asking "whereabouts in Australia are you from?"
What's rude about the example I gave earlier is, if someone asks "where are you from", and you answer "London" (or whatever)...if the person wants to know where your family hail from, the polite follow up is, "And where are your family from originally", rather than "No...I mean where are you from originally".
Good manners never results in an eye-roll.
This actually happened to me a few weeks ago.
A friend who has emigrated to Sydney was back in London and we caught up with him and his girlfriend.
She's Asian, and when I asked whereabouts she was from, we both knew that I was asking "whereabouts in Australia are you from?"
What's rude about the example I gave earlier is, if someone asks "where are you from", and you answer "London" (or whatever)...if the person wants to know where your family hail from, the polite follow up is, "And where are your family from originally", rather than "No...I mean where are you from originally".
Good manners never results in an eye-roll.
Retro chic
I see it as a generational thing.
You can almost guarantee that people under the age of 50 will default to "where are your family from originally".
I theorise this is because that younger people assume that unless the person has a strong foreign accent, they will be from here.
However, much older people will have lived through times where their contact with non-British people will be those who have come from somewhere else.
Kinda makes sense.
I see it as a generational thing.
You can almost guarantee that people under the age of 50 will default to "where are your family from originally".
I theorise this is because that younger people assume that unless the person has a strong foreign accent, they will be from here.
However, much older people will have lived through times where their contact with non-British people will be those who have come from somewhere else.
Kinda makes sense.
naomi24
I don't think you get what Retrochic and I are saying.
Totally understandable.
I'll explain again - if someone asks me where I am from, and tell them, then they shouldn't assume I'm not from whence I've told them.
I am from London. Born and bred.
I am *originally* from London.
Those that won't accept that are the 'dog born in a stable is not a horse' type.
They are the ones who get my patented eye-roll.
Thank God there are very few of those around any more. I used to spend so much time rolling my eyes in the 80s that I used to have a permanent migraine.
I don't think you get what Retrochic and I are saying.
Totally understandable.
I'll explain again - if someone asks me where I am from, and tell them, then they shouldn't assume I'm not from whence I've told them.
I am from London. Born and bred.
I am *originally* from London.
Those that won't accept that are the 'dog born in a stable is not a horse' type.
They are the ones who get my patented eye-roll.
Thank God there are very few of those around any more. I used to spend so much time rolling my eyes in the 80s that I used to have a permanent migraine.