Poll: British, English, Sussex or don't care?

[mikeyjh]

Apply the litmus test, eg.
If you were in a foreign country and someone asked you where are you from, how would you answer?
a) Brighton
b) Sussex
c) England
d) Great Britain [I'm British]
e) UK
f) Europe

If you were somewhere in the UK and someone asked you where are you from, how would you answer?
a) Moulsecoomb / Roedean [ie district of Brighton]
b) Brighton
c) Sussex
d) England
e) Great Britain [I'm British]

My take on "proud" is that you will use the location that you would like to portray yourself as from that you believe will show you in a positive light.

I'm sure there are some people who are the opposite of proud [ashamed?] of where they are from and will avoid mentioning the location at all costs.

Just an angle, like .....

Rather than the place that would show you in a positive light, you could just respond based upon what was accurate and a place that they would be likely to have heard of. So I wouldn't say Shoreham-by-Sea, I say England, 50 miles south of London, on the coast. In terms of where I grew up, I'm not going to say a village in Derbyshire, I'd say mid/north of England.

 

[TomandJerry]

Other, born in France

 

[Albumen]

My surname links back to the Norman invasion so really I'm part French. I do like cheese and wine and I'm quite proud of that. Also I'm scared of the cold so that makes me Southern.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I do like cheese and wine and I'm quite proud of that.

Interesting thing to be proud of. Not a criticism, just an observation.

 

[Albumen]

Interesting thing to be proud of. Not a criticism, just an observation.

It's as random as where you got pushed out of your mothers pride.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It's as random as where you got pushed out of your mothers pride.

True. It has got thinking about what I'm proud of. And not so proud of

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Might prove an opportunity to offload the Malvinas, yet another shocking example of a colonial past.

I was drinking a bottle of Argie red wine last night. I rarely drink wine but it was very good. Reckon we could swop the islands for the winery and some corned beef? I mean, some decent red and some tinned meat or a rock in the middle of nowhere...no brainer.

 

[stripeyshark]

Typical NSC and lots of debates in general. Noisy minority with their opinions in the posts, but the poll shows the general opinion is different.

 

[Clive Walker]

What is so good about Britain to make the two words, "pride" and "Britain", continually shoved together. As already said I have no pride in my passport stating Britain.

I take more pride in myself and my family rather than a geographical location and it's history? good or bad.

 

[JCL666]

I really couldn't give a toss.

I live on planet Earth. Other demarcations based on geographical boundaries are pointless.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I live on planet Earth.

Unlike a few on NSC.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I look forward to the March for England lot coming to our fair city and showing those without pride, what pride is all about.

I am sure we can learn a thing or two from them.

 

[Meade's Ball]

I wear no such label as a badge of honorable identity, but i would say that the constant embarrassment this life has me feel, laced with an undimmable sense of irrational superiority, makes me call myself more English than British. An aloof shame will see me to the grave.

 

[Clive Walker]

Hahahaha

 

[Albumen]

Typical NSC and lots of debates in general. Noisy minority with their opinions in the posts, but the poll shows the general opinion is different.

Not sure what your point is, as 25% is a rather large minority and over 70% are split over 3 labels.

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

My surname links back to the Norman invasion so really I'm part French. I do like cheese and wine and I'm quite proud of that.

Me too

Also I'm scared of the cold so that makes me Southern.

I embrace the cold so that makes me Northern.

 

[maltaseagull]

Acording to the results of a survey announced today only 35% of the people surveyed said they were very proud to be British. This figure was down from 43% when the same survey was conducted in 2003. Do you feel very proud about your national or local identity or maybe you just dont care?

Sorry I answered British as that is what I am. I didn't see proud to be. I have to say not proud seeing how badly Brits behave abroad. Ashamed is more accurate.

 

[atfc village]

English don't consider myself British,Pre 91 if i'd been born in Estonia i'd of been Estonian and not a person of The Soviet Union.

 

[mikeyjh]

Typical NSC and lots of debates in general. Noisy minority with their opinions in the posts, but the poll shows the general opinion is different.

What do you mean? A general opinion that 70 odd percent of people think they are from somewhere? I would have guessed that at least 70 odd percent of people would say they were from somewhere, I don't think that's a huge surprise.

 

[Clive Walker]

Sorry I answered British as that is what I am. I didn't see proud to be. I have to say not proud seeing how badly Brits behave abroad. Ashamed is more accurate.

Agree