2006-11-08 07:52:37 · 8 answers · asked by Vig 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Dissing Irish, French, Welsh. Lacking the bottle to diss the Scots. Understanding how to play cricket. Better still: playing it. Always voting Conservative because that's what we do, dear. Having Soccer as the national religion. Having sex as the national sport. Not being able to speak any foreign language. Being excluded by a Yorkshire accent. Heh! Heh! Can you imagine a British Yorkshireman.
Now! If you had asked what does Englishness mean?
Well! I just did. The question is on my list and the answers are just as strange as they are here.
2006-11-08 08:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by knoWall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means being proud of your country and everything that goes with it. The Royal Family, Prime Minister the lot. I think it only seems to appy to English people. I'm not slagging of English people at all. It just seems that Irish, Scotish and Me Welsh seem to class themselves as not British it just seems as though when surveys are done about Britishness, London, Royal Family etc always seem to be on the agenda. I don't know maybe I'm talking rubish but, that's the way I see it!
2006-11-12 06:00:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Britishness is to have the qualities that make one seem British (but don't ask me what it means to be British)
2006-11-08 13:17:12 · answer #3 · answered by spasekadet_42 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAHAHA! You all moan about foreigners not acting British enough and embracing British values and no ones given a proper answer to this question because none of you know!!! HAHAHA!
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Good answer steve t. I dont drink the alcohol though, I'm still british, right?
2006-11-08 08:12:07 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Slug 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think "A Town Called Malice" by the Jam sums up Britishness! It just sounds so... British!
2006-11-08 07:58:05 · answer #5 · answered by guylian_chocolate_seashell 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yer listen to a town called malice,and if you live on a council estate youll know whats what.also its about being free in movement and speech(slowly losing both under this gov)its about being proud, stand up straight people,our beautiful countrysides,our sense of fairplay,our fine ales(tangle foot,spitfire,ect) traditional foods,our history,our ability to stand up for ourselfs.being ENGLISH makes me proud.be proud of your country wherever it may be. READ THIS MISTER
2006-11-08 08:14:22 · answer #6 · answered by STEVE T 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taxation, always accepting second best and always giving in and agreeing with the government whatever it does. (Well if you don't, you will be arrested)
2006-11-08 07:58:52 · answer #7 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being ripped off wherever you go
2006-11-08 07:55:28 · answer #8 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋