Do you correct people if they call you British?

Mint Sauce · 27-01-2011 02:45PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Andy Murray is English 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

Andy Murray has never been reffered to as English, only ever British or Scotish.

56lcd · 27-01-2011 02:46PM

You can only be called british if you are citizen of Scotland,Wales and England (the 3 countries that constitute britain)
People from Northern Ireland are not british, they are unfortunately residents of the united kingdom of britain and Northern Ireland..

It is the greatest insult one can bestow on an Irishman to refer to him as british, it really get's on my nerves if some a*^hole refers to Ireland as being part of the british isles ..... there is nothing british about us.

AgileMyth · 27-01-2011 02:46PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

*Pop goes the can of worms*

Theres no can of worms, theres not even a debate to be had.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

pickarooney · 27-01-2011 02:47PM

Yes, not that they listen, or care. I don't mind in general, it's just when they assume that I actually know everyday stuff about the UK it gets a bit tiresome pointing out that they've probably been there more often than I have.

De Hipster · 27-01-2011 02:48PM

56lcd wrote: »

You can only be called british if you are citizen of Scotland,Wales and England (the 3 countries that constitute britain)
People from Northern Ireland are not british, they are unfortunately residents of the united kingdom of britain and Northern Ireland..

It is the greatest insult one can bestow on an Irishman to refer to him as british, it really get's on my nerves if some a*^hole refers to Ireland as being part of the british isles ..... there is nothing british about us.

Eh...the passport issued to you if you apply in N.I. is BRITISH.

ScumLord · 27-01-2011 02:48PM

No, I'll tell them that I'm the most British cunt they'll ever meet then smack them right in the jaw and set what ever building I'm in on fire while screaming "we're all like this you know!"
Then I'll sit sipping Guinness in the next available Irish pub happy that I've ruined the reputation of the English just a little bit more.

Jim · 27-01-2011 02:48PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

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

I was one of the lads. I was under the impression that pretty much everyone in the north would consider themselves Irish, but that a lot of people would consider themselves British first and Irish second. In your case this would be what I would have thought. Seems I was ignorant. I'm all for understanding though.

admiralofthefleet · 27-01-2011 02:49PM

when i was in cyprus a cypriot called me british so i called him turkish, he got the point

De Hipster · 27-01-2011 02:49PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

call yourself BI

...if you like!

Sisko · 27-01-2011 02:50PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

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

Nothing to do with them being ignorant, that's for sure.

Maybe just a little naive about how some Northern Irish people are.

KeithAFC · 27-01-2011 02:52PM

Jim wrote: »

I was one of the lads. I was under the impression that pretty much everyone in the north would consider themselves Irish, but that a lot of people would consider themselves British first and Irish second. In your case this would be what I would have thought. Seems I was ignorant. I'm all for understanding though.

You thought everyone in Northern Ireland thought of themselves as Irish? You only have to travel to Northern Ireland and you would see that isn't the case.

R P McMurphy · 27-01-2011 02:52PM

Used to get it in France quite a bit and then see a dramatic change in their attitude towards you once corrected

Badgermonkey · 27-01-2011 02:53PM

Look, we're all 'West Brits' as we're far happier flinging millions of euro at the Irish language rather than having to actually speak it to one another.

Luxie · 27-01-2011 02:54PM

I live amongst foreigners who just hear an English speaking accent. I correct them but not in a defensive manner.

A Belgian would do the same if asked if they're French. An Austrian would do the same if they were asked if they're German.

pow wow · 27-01-2011 02:54PM

I sound sortof English but I do correct people if it's worth correcting. Especially in America, they love that kind of thing :cool:

stephendevlin · 27-01-2011 02:56PM

De Hipster wrote: »

Eh...the passport issued to you if you apply in N.I. is BRITISH.

Thought you can still get an Irish passport even when living in the north?

Irish nationality law is the law of Ireland governing citizenship.[1] A person may be an Irish citizen through birth, descent, marriage to an Irish citizen or through naturalisation. Irish nationality law is currently contained in the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1956 to 2004 and in the relevant provisions of the Irish Constitution. The law extends extra-territorially to people born in Northern Ireland.[2]

Jim · 27-01-2011 02:56PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

You thought everyone in Northern Ireland thought of themselves as Irish? You only have to travel to Northern Ireland and you would see that isn't the case.

As I said, British first and Irish second. I don't mean Irish in terms of tri colour etc. But rather that "I'm from Ireland, this is my home" Irish. Irish would mean something very different to those people. But always British first.

56lcd · 27-01-2011 02:58PM

De Hipster wrote: »

Eh...the passport issued to you if you apply in N.I. is BRITISH.

maybe you missed out on geography classes at school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain

nothern Ireland is part of the united kingdom of britain and Ireland but northern Ireland is not part of britain.

your passport does not say british

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starbelgrade · 27-01-2011 02:58PM

irish-stew wrote: »

Sweet or Salty Popcorn for you SBG

Salty please.. with some hot melted butter if there's any going.

daveyboy_1ie · 27-01-2011 03:01PM

Nope, just call them whatever neighbour of theirs which will piss them off (Americans are Canadians, Canadians are 'Diet Americans', Australians are Kiwi's etc., you get the picture).

It makes my point quicker than explaining a history lesson every time I used to travel all those years ago.

pow wow · 27-01-2011 03:01PM

56lcd wrote: »

maybe you missed out on geography classes at school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain

nothern Ireland is part of the united kingdom of britain and Ireland but northern Ireland is not part of britain.

your passport does not say british

It does however say 'Nationality: British' aswell as holders being referred to as British passport holders.

/pedantic retaliation.

KeithAFC · 27-01-2011 03:01PM

Jim wrote: »

As I said, British first and Irish second. I don't mean Irish in terms of tri colour etc. But rather that "I'm from Ireland, this is my home" Irish. Irish would mean something very different to those people. But always British first.

Well, i don't think many Unionists consider themselves Irish. I'd say a lot of them would put Ulster Scots before Irish. In Northern Ireland anyway.

prinz · 27-01-2011 03:02PM

Yes I do. Rarely has it happened with the person being serious though, usually it is someone having a laugh.

De Hipster · 27-01-2011 03:03PM

56lcd wrote: »

maybe you missed out on geography classes at school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain

nothern Ireland is part of the united kingdom of britain and Ireland but northern Ireland is not part of britain.

your passport does not say british

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hondasam · 27-01-2011 03:04PM

It has never happened but If it did I would correct them. we mix up the polish and Lithuanian nationalities all the time.

Sisko · 27-01-2011 03:05PM

KeithAFC wrote: »

Well, i don't think many Unionists consider themselves Irish. I'd say a lot of them would put Ulster Scots before Irish. In Northern Ireland anyway.

Rofl, I guess said Unionists were born in Scotland then moved to northern Ireland then.

Ticktactoe · 27-01-2011 03:06PM

Ya i have but they are so thick they dont get it.

ejmaztec · 27-01-2011 03:08PM

I'm between a rock and a hard place, as I've got dual-nationality. I have to alternate, depending on which nationality is getting strung up by the balls by the locals in the relevant jurisdiction that day.

Fratton Fred · 27-01-2011 03:08PM

feelingstressed wrote: »

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

I think you'll find that Andy Murray gets called Scottish a lot more than Tim Herman used to get called English. This whole British when he wins, Scottish when he loses is a complete fancy.

Oh, you lot still keep claiming Arthur Guinness as Irish so I guess we are all guilty of that.

who the fug · 27-01-2011 03:08PM

Depends on the money

Do you correct people if they call you British?

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