paul wickens
Wicko1
- Dec 23, 2011
- 60
When talking about the Commonwealth Games, one of the lads in my son's cricket team said he wanted Wales to win more medals than England. After further questions, it transpired that he was born in England, goes to school in England, lives in England (and always has) and his parents are both English. Yet, because his grandfather is Welsh, he thinks therefore he is 'Welsh'. I encounter this more often than I'd like with all sorts people making spurious claims to being Irish (in particular) Welsh and Scottish. The reverse never seems to happen! Why is it more 'trendy' to be a celt and what is wrong with being English?