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I usually say I'm British. Though with an ethnic background including Swiss, English, American, Irish, Jewish and more, it means nothing to my identity and just feels like 'this is the government that issues my passport'.

Skycrawler wrote:I identify myself as a mutt. but if asked by anyone i just say american.

There's a difference?

Melissia wrote:

Skycrawler wrote:I identify myself as a mutt. but if asked by anyone i just say american.

There's a difference?

hmm you have a point i suppose. aside from people "fresh off the boat" of course.

Personally I identify with the UK as a whole, England and London. I also identify as much with foreigners of a similar social background.

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*wipes dirt off face* Well i just dug up the family tree to have a look at the roots and i found im a mix of Irish,Welsh,Scotish,Fench,German,Ukrainian,Native American... interesting.

Canadian, my mom's kiwi but I don't know much about my dad's heritage (neither does he).

Hehe, I wish.

I won't give out my full name, but my middle name is Gawain, to give a idea.

Our Sons have welsh middle names, oddly I seem to have given them both non British first names for some odd reason, but I like them.

Isn't Gawain cornish for green?

I'm English and if anyone asks me where abouts in England I say near Windsor, as its better than saying Slough. Though have now moved to the much nicer/safer Bath.

Phototoxin wrote:

Hehe, I wish.

I won't give out my full name, but my middle name is Gawain, to give a idea.

Our Sons have welsh middle names, oddly I seem to have given them both non British first names for some odd reason, but I like them.

Isn't Gawain cornish for green?

That it is.

Cornish is very related to welsh and Gaelic though so I wouldn't be surprised if the word was shared.

I identify myself as a New Yorker/New Jerseyian (born in NYC and lived there for 13 years, but my more 'formative' years were spent in NJ), if the person I'm speaking to doesn't know what that is (which hardly ever happens, I clarify it with its a us state/I'm american).

corpsesarefun wrote:

Phototoxin wrote:

Hehe, I wish.

I won't give out my full name, but my middle name is Gawain, to give a idea.

Our Sons have welsh middle names, oddly I seem to have given them both non British first names for some odd reason, but I like them.

Isn't Gawain cornish for green?

That it is.

Cornish is very related to welsh and Gaelic though so I wouldn't be surprised if the word was shared.

Yes, its both, by some sort of twist of fate, my first name is also shared between Welsh and Cornish, so it was slightly ironic that I ended up living in Cornwall for nigh on 25yrs from about the age of eight, and had to explain to folks through my school years that no my parents wheren't honoring the local language with my names.

I identify as a member of the United Federation of Planets.

Another vote for Texan here.

Ahtman wrote:I identify as a member of the United Federation of Planets.

...But...Art thee Terran or art thee Vulcan?

FITZZ wrote:

Ahtman wrote:I identify as a member of the United Federation of Planets.

...But...Art thee Terran or art thee Vulcan?

Gorn

Well played Mr Ahtman... well played.

Ahtman wrote:

FITZZ wrote:

Ahtman wrote:I identify as a member of the United Federation of Planets.

...But...Art thee Terran or art thee Vulcan?

Gorn

...Gorn aren't part of the UFP...IIRC they did a real number on a UFP outpost, right before Kirk beat their commander with a scratch built canon and a pointy rock.

For the first two years of my life I was a citizen of Connecticut, for the next three years of my life I was a citizen of Illinois, for the next 16 years of my life I was and still am a citizen of Virginia. Sure the north has its advantages like coffee syrup and a vast amount of shipping influence, but the south has barbecue, fishing, and a lot of guns that still have serial numbers attached to them.

I'm a Virginian to fellow americans and an American to non-Americans because it makes it that much easier.


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Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:Another vote for Texan here.

Not a Texan Cannerus, for not spelling "y'all" correctly we revoked your southerner card.

FITZZ wrote: ...Gorn aren't part of the UFP...IIRC they did a real number on a UFP outpost, right before Kirk beat their commander with a scratch built canon and a pointy rock.

The trap is undone!

i thought we were an autonomous collective

If someone asks me where I was born, I say Louisiana.

If someone asks me where I'm from, I say Texas (because that's where I currently live). Were I to move to Arkansas, I'd say I was from Arkansas.

My accent will mark me as American to anybody, so no need to point it out.

If asked by an American I say I'm from LA. Anyone else I say I'm American

I identify as British, because that´s the most accurate description, given that my parents were not both English.

Within the UK, I´m Northern. That usually suffices.

Albatross wrote:I identify as British, because that´s the most accurate description, given that my parents were not both English.

Within the UK, I´m Northern. That usually suffices.

I assumed you would identify with Antarctica.

Excellent Geozoology joke there, bro. I´m right there with you.

There may also be a Rime involved.