Are you proud to be English.

[Nicks90]

I'm proud to be English,

I was born in Germany whilst my dad was serving,
I lived in Malaya for several years
I'm from good Irish stock ony father's side
My mother has Greek in her family history
I served in the Yorkshire regiment
I married a half German girl.

I'm about as English as you can get, a true ******* from a ******* nation!!!!!


Oh and I count myself as a Yorkshire man first, English second and then European

 

[mgrds]

There are things to be enormously proud of and things to be deeply ashamed of in our English heritage. But I guess the same is true of most nations.

I aspire to be patriotic but not nationalist. A patriot wants his nation to be the best it can and works to reform things that are wrong with it. The sort of sentiment in Blakes Jerusalem. A patriot can rejoice to see their nation as one that contributes to the well being of other nations and when it is is a welcoming and hospitable place.

Nationalist however usually want the success of their own nation at the expense of others. Probably the Nazis espoused the worst form of Nationalism

But I do think we should be proud of our English Ales and ciders ! Especially in the face of the tide of US craft beers invading our bars which often don't involve as much craft as they pretend too!

 

[The Baron]

I'm Yorkshire first then English especially if people ask me where I am from I say Yorkshire. As Fred Trueman said when he was asked who was the best Yorkshireman he knew ? He said " there's 6 million of us and where all the best"

 

[Pope]

I'm Yorkshire first then English especially if people ask me where I am from I say Yorkshire. As Fred Trueman said when he was asked who was the best Yorkshireman he knew ? He said " there's 6 million of us and where all the best"

Was he illiterate?

 

[The Baron]

No just Fred Trueman -si thi

 

[Slid]

Scottish Clyde side / Irish grandparents, all Riveters, but with a closet Jewish grandfather. That must make me English after a fashion. Support Scotland at rugby and used to for soccer, 1978 was the year the "fitba"' team got disbanded, if I recall correctly. Ally MacCleod or some clown?