Do you correct people if they call you British?

Fremen · 27-01-2011 02:29PM #1

The M&S thread got me thinking. It probably doesn't happen to people who live in Ireland much, but if you live abroad you'll probably get people calling you British from time to time, or referring to Ireland as part of Britain. I usually correct them, but they often see it as pedantry or picking nits.

I'm not a mad shinner or anything, but to me it's a fairly important distinction - a bit like referring to someone from Croatia as Yugoslavian. Would you bother to correct someone who made the mistake?

Dravokivich · 27-01-2011 02:30PM

Do you correct people if they call you British?

yes, they get 100%.

Sykk · 27-01-2011 02:31PM

Never happened to me, nor anyone else in most cases, which leads me to the following:

What is this I don't even...

we'llallhavetea_old · 27-01-2011 02:31PM

yes i would correct them..

jimmycrackcorm · 27-01-2011 02:31PM

Is a punch in the mouth classed as a correction?

u140acro3xs7dm · 27-01-2011 02:32PM

Its happened once or twice and i corrected them, why wouldn't I. If someone called you french you would correct them. Its the same thing

seanbmc · 27-01-2011 02:33PM

Yes I correct them, because I'm Irish not British.

Why wouldn't you?

KeithAFC · 27-01-2011 02:34PM

Nope. I am British.

Notorious97 · 27-01-2011 02:34PM

Well this is going to end well as usual

Yes i correct them, why wouldnt i? if they called me spanish id correct them (although i doubt id pass for one haha)

Sisko · 27-01-2011 02:35PM

Of course.

And for fuck sake. I really hate how the fear of being labels a RA head has made it so you now have to say 'I'm not a shinner or anything' for just being correct about who you are, Irish.

You can't even talk about anything factual about Ireland anymore if it has anything to do with Irish history , being Irish you have to fight off being seen as anti brit or pro ira.

Its disgusting.

Fremen · 27-01-2011 02:36PM

Sykk wrote: »

Never happened to me, nor anyone else in most cases, which leads me to the following:

What is this I don't even...

Try leaving your hovel in Tallaght once in a while and it just might happen.

String · 27-01-2011 02:36PM

Yeah I would but it has never happened. My mother sounds english and is always considered english by people she doesnt know but has stopped bothering correcting people

Sisko · 27-01-2011 02:36PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Nope. I am British.

If someone called you Irish would you correct them?

mikemac · 27-01-2011 02:36PM

Never happened to me

But I did work with a lad called Miguel in a past job and he'd almost punch you if you called him Spanish.
No, he was from the Basque region and proud to be Basque

A proud people those Basques

Thinspired · 27-01-2011 02:37PM

I've always corrected people in the past but I'm not so sure if I'd be so quick to do it now (isn't that awful?). Admitting you're Irish at the moment is just inviting ridicule and I don't even know how I'd start to defend the country if someone started asking about the mess we're in.

Having said that I's still want to say I'm not British. Maybe I'll moonlight as a Finnish person for a while.

KeithAFC · 27-01-2011 02:37PM

Sisko wrote: »

If someone called you Irish would you correct them?

Yep.

admiralofthefleet · 27-01-2011 02:38PM

yes, absolutely.

red menace · 27-01-2011 02:38PM

I voted yes on your po.. never mind
Yes I do, i'm in Canada I get asked a lot if I'm from England
I just like to keep things accurate.
That said a lot of people guess I am Irish because I have a big Irish head on me

AgileMyth · 27-01-2011 02:38PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Nope. I am British.

Are you from Northern Ireland? If so you aint British..

Agent Smith · 27-01-2011 02:39PM

i do

Mint Sauce · 27-01-2011 02:39PM

English by birth with an English accent and I still correct them.

starbelgrade · 27-01-2011 02:40PM

AgileMyth wrote: »

Are you from Northern Ireland? If so you aint British..

*Pop goes the can of worms*

Cracked82 · 27-01-2011 02:40PM

AgileMyth wrote: »

Are you from Northern Ireland? If so you aint British..

They like to think they are!!!

Sisko · 27-01-2011 02:40PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Yep.

Thank you. Had a discussion with 2 lads a while back who looked at me as if I had 7 heads on me when I mentioned that there were people in Northern Ireland who don't consider themselves Irish, I shall smuggly rub this in their faces.

Also your Northern Irish and you can't escape that so nah nah ne naaaaah naaaaaaah. :P

Mint Sauce · 27-01-2011 02:42PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

*Pop goes the can of worms*

Sweet or Salty Popcorn for you SBG

jimthemental · 27-01-2011 02:43PM

A shovel and a bucket of lime is all the correction they need.;)

mikemac · 27-01-2011 02:43PM

Andy Murray is British when he wins and Scottish when he loses according to some newspapers

If any of you achieve success and fame a British newspaper will probably claim you
Happened Colin Farrell I believe. And Limerick's favorite son Richard Harris

De Hipster · 27-01-2011 02:43PM

Doesn't bother me, born in N.I. entitled to refer to myself as British/Irish...or both.

Snakeblood · 27-01-2011 02:44PM

Fremen wrote: »

The M&S thread got me thinking. It probably doesn't happen to people who live in Ireland much, but if you live abroad you'll probably get people calling you British from time to time, or referring to Ireland as part of Britain. I usually correct them, but they often see it as pedantry or picking nits.

I'm not a mad shinner or anything, but to me it's a fairly important distinction - a bit like referring to someone from Croatia as Yugoslavian. Would you bother to correct someone who made the mistake?

Yeah, I'd correct them. I'm a stickler for accuracy. It wouldn't bother me though.

KeithAFC · 27-01-2011 02:45PM

Sisko wrote: »

Thank you. Had a discussion with 2 lads a while back who looked at me as if I had 7 heads on me when I mentioned that there were people in Northern Ireland who don't consider themselves Irish, I shall smuggly rub this in their faces.

Also your Northern Irish and you can't escape that so nah nah ne naaaaah naaaaaaah. :P

lol. Good luck with that. I doubt they will ever understand. Seems to be an ignorance about it.

admiralofthefleet · 27-01-2011 02:45PM

De Hipster wrote: »

Doesn't bother me, born in N.I. entitled to refer to myself as British/Irish...or both.

call yourself BI

Do you correct people if they call you British?

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