It seems that people who are born in the England call themselves English.?

Question

Im english because my mother and father are both english.
So if a dog is born in a stable does this mean it's a horse?

Answer 1

hehehehe....funny, and you make a good point....We should never forget where we come from, I agree.....

Answer 2

If it eats hay, nays and stands at 16 hands then its a horse!

Your nationality should be defined by your upbringing and your hearts allegiance.

If you were born and bred in England went to school with the English then when the dog returns to the pack he would not be a dog but a horse.

The Welsh are the closest to being English they were there or there abouts when the
Anglo Saxons (Germans) arrived. The Romans, the Vikings and the French later merged with them.

What I'm saying is the whole zoos moved into the stable and called themselves horses and they have since won a number of prizes at the horse show.

Answer 3

The English are a specific race, made up of Germanic tribes from Saxony in Germany, Danes, Vikings and Dutch. These Germanic tribes came together both to form the English [Anglo Saxon Race] and the language - also called English.

I was born in England of Welsh parents - I am Welsh and not English.

There are too many people born in England who think they are English but they are not. This even includes people who's ancestors may have arrived within the last 200 years - they cannot possibly be English. The English or Anglo Saxon line goes back to about 500AD.

The majority of the population of England, about 85% are classified as Anglo Saxon or Anglo Norman. The next biggest group are the Celts, Welsh, Irish and Scots.

You can get all this and more from the 2000 census.

The Welsh, such as myself, simply blend in. We are automatically classifed as English. This not only happens in UK but also in the States.

I have lived in England all of my life and have paid particular attention to the English. In particular I know exactly what an English man or woman looks like. David Beckham is a typical English or Anglo Saxon type. So also is Jeremy Clerkson.

Tony Blair is not English. If anything he is probably Scottish. His wife is undoubtedly a Celt of the Irish type.

David Cameron is Celtic Scottish and not English.

Get to know your own people.

Answer 4

Of course not! are you saying that people from other countries are a different species? If a highland terrier was born in England, you could argue its not scottish, but the analogy used in this question is very twisted. For someone who is born in this country, but whos parent has origins somewhere else, such as me, its not easy, trust me, i feel like people think im stealing they're identity if i say im british, but ive never been to another country even on holiday, and i speak no languages except english, how can i be foreign? I dont fit in anywhere if thats the case, of course im english, because otherwise im an alien.

Answer 5

If you go far enough back in your family tree then you'll find that at some point your ancestors were not English, but came from another place in the world. Your first English ancestor's parents did not come from England. So, by your standard, none of your ancestors would be English and you would not be English.

England is not a nation. It is a country. People born in England are English, especially if they consider themselves to be English.

Answer 6

I am welsh, my sons mother is Croatian, my son was born in Singapore that does not make him Singaporean it actually makes him British and also a citizen of the world who hopefully will be able to see further than you that it does not matter what country you come from its who you are.

Britain has been around in one form or another for 840 years England even longer can you trace your roots back that far to prove your are truly English you may have french or Spanish heritage and all countries have stables

Answer 7

Is an American allowed to answer?

I see your point, but it is poorly framed. What you mean is that black is black, white is white, French is French, Spanish is Spanish, regardless of birthplace.

The problem is that you are confusing nationality with ancestry. You need a better idea of what constitutes English. If it is bloodlines alone - and the British are famous for their pedigreed caste system - that is nothing new.

But if you think England also stands for freedom, for the language and culture, for loyalty to the Crown (or to the country, as you prefer), and for the values that most English share today - that is not an exclusive club. Some immigrants are as loyal as the oldest families.

No pedigree needed.

Answer 8

If a dog is born in a stable it's still a dog but if the stable is in England it's an English dog.If you were born in a hospital that wouldn't make you a doctor or a nurse.

Answer 9

British is a nationality Asian is an ethnicity English is a language i think a great sort of asian people define themselves as English by way of fact they have place of residing in England and have possibly been granted as a British national. a great sort of asians have been invited to large Britain for the period of the 1960's as paintings rigidity and that they grew to alter into British Nationals. Their babies who have been born in England, then immediately grew to alter into British nationals too. So in spite of ethnicity, they are British. As you properly comprehend large Britain is split up in Scotland, Wales, ROI and England, so as that must be why they decribe themselves as English. they are able to nonetheless be English even although their ethnicity is Asian

Answer 10

Obviously by your logic I can't be English because although all my grandparents were born in England, I have Scottish, Welsh and Irish ancestry on both sides. Little Englanders like yourself seem unable to grasp that you are British. Personally I wish you weren't; I'd like to see you all sent off somewhere isolated where you can whinge to each other and leave the rest of us alone.
There have been black people living in Britain for several hundred years; during both world wars Britain recruited throughout the Empire and expected non-white soldiers to fight and die with 'English' soldiers. I know families who's ancestors settled in this country after the fighting in WW1. Most of the Asians I know have British accents and British passports. That makes them British.
Obviously I've gone off track a little but what I'm trying to say is that I'm truly pissed off with bigots like you.

Answer 11

NOT everyone born in England is now automatically a British citizen, Check the latest immigration rules