If your from the United Kingdom...?

Question

...do you call yourself British or after your country of origin. e.g. Scottish for Scotland.

Answer 1

When asked i tend to say English but on official documents I always write British

Answer 2

Generally speaking the Welsh prefer to be called Welsh, the Northern Irish actually like being known as British, The Scots definitely prefer being Scottish and finally The English are just that, English! I hope I'm not insulting anyone here, I'm going by the people I know from all over the United Kingdom.

Answer 3

It depends who you ask. English people (like me) don't tend to care much whether you call them English or British, because we (rather arrogantly) tend to forget about Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland a lot of the time.
However, if you call a Scottish person English by mistake they are likely to be very offended. A lot of Scottish people resent the English, and regard themselves as a seperate race. The same goes for the Welsh, but to a lesser extent. Northern Ireland gets really complicated.
I hope this helps.

Answer 4

I call myself English. Although I would be equally proud to call myself British. I say English because it's more specific and it identifies my culture. Also each country has its own football team etc. so I'd support England, but when the Olympics and other such events are on I hope all British people do well, regardless of where they are from.

Answer 5

English!

Answer 6

English.

Answer 7

Im English and proud of it.
I really get annoyed when I have to fill in my nationality on a form which has got all the categories already printed out ready for you to tick a box next to your one and they dont have English printed on it only the choice of white British or black British I often tick the box marked other and write in the box English.

Answer 8

The UK is increasingly fragmented.

With a parliament in Edinburgh there's relatively little reason for Scots to consider themselves British and very, very few of them do.

The vast majority of English people regard themselves as English and imagine that "British" is a synonym for "English."

The vast majority of Welsh think of themselves as Welsh first.

Many people from Cornwall would like to think they're not English.

The only people who as a rule insist they're British are the non-Catholics of Ulster, which is not actually a part of Great Britain! It is, however, a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Answer 9

My Granddaughter is English I am Scottish but we are both British.

Answer 10

I always call myself Scottish and put that on forms etc.

Not that I don't like being called British, but to me I'm Scottish first and foremost.