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I am not classed as Welsh though I have spent most of my life here. Parents English so that makes me English too, otherwise I am British.

Welsh :)

I always say English, cos I was born in England as were my ancestors going back to the 1700s LOL.

The more I read and think of this I am puzzled. By birth I am English as was my father. However my roots are in the IOM, both gparents were Manx and my roots there are endless! Possibly find a Viking there.

Now the Manx have their own Parliment, laws, currency, tax rules etc and are very proud and rightly so of their Manx heritage - what do they put?
Must remember to email at least one cousin and find out what they put.

Another Channel Islanders...................

If the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish can use their country of birth then so can I...I am ENGLISH. so there, (as she pokes tongue out)

If there is a space for it I will say English. I was born in England of English parents, although I'm descended from Scottish and Irish. If I can only say British that's fine by me.

Vera

English (Norflundunish)

I'll be putting British I expect. I generally can't be doing with this silly snottiness about which particular country or region.

Possibly they can speak English, but not read it very well?...or even vice versa!
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I don't understand this are you British, Welsh, Scott, English (or anything else beginning with British for that matter).

My parents were born in England, as was I. So presumably I'm British English, as my birth was registered in England. Surely its where your birth was registered that matters? If you've been naturalised, than it would seem more logical that you put say Australian (or what ever) British.

Gets off hobby horse

Interesting, as this topic seems to come up quite frequently.

Here's an extract from about.com

"There are currently 195 independent countries or States around the world. Territories of countries or individual parts of a country are not countries in their own right.
Examples of entities that are not countries include: Hong Kong, Bermuda, Greenland, Puerto Rico, and most notably the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. (Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England are not countries.)

A "state" (with a lower-case "s") is usually a division of a federal State (such as the states of the United States of America).

The mistaken belief that Scotland, Wales, England and N Ireland are counted as a 'nationality' might be better clarified below. Amongst a list of criteria, describing what constitutes an independent country, there are 2 questions which stand out....

Does it have Sovereignty?
No. The United Kingdom Parliament definitely has power over their territory.
Does it have external recognition?
No. They do not have external recognition nor do they have their own embassies in other independent countries.

Thus Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England itself is not an independent country nor is it a State. However, they are most certainly a nation of people living in an internal division of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".



P.S. I was born in England. I have a British passport, not an English one, so my Nationality is British :-)

K x

P.P.S. Mildred, will you be putting Norf Lundunish??!! LOL

I cant answer what I am. A mix of English Romany, Welsh and showperson. The powers that be decided that we should be appreciative that a choice of Roma or Irish traveller is now on the census. And make do with that. However, there will be an option for people of other mixed race to enter their ethnicity, so I may use that space.

Lol This has certainly given me food for thought.
I was born of a Scottish Mother, who had an English father, but her maternal g.parents were Irish. My father was English, but apparently his ancestors were French.

Talk about Heinz 57 varieties!!!!

A lot of us are a mixture of different backgrounds and cultures but does it really matter that we tell the government this on a census form or if we just tick British or whatever?

Best thing to do take a holiday abroad at the time of the census. I know someone who is traveling overnight on the night of the census from the south of England to Aberdeen, so she's not at home.

lol Uggers, I may be wrong but I think most of us aren't that bothered about the census from the government point of view, it's more for those looking at it in a 100 years time lol

Last time I just put British, but this year I think I'm going to break my down into Scottish & English or should that be English & Scottish? lol

English Always british never.

It is Census year here in Australia too. I am an Australian citizen although I was born in England as was my OH. Our children are first generation Australia but will put English parentage on their census returns.

Sue

I personally don't see the big deal bout being British, we've been part of GB for quite a while now. It's good that we've been given the choice this time to put down our preference ie British or Welsh, Scottish English, etc

when do you have your census Sue?

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