Is anyone else (english, welsh, scottish, n.irish) fed up with

Question

having to put united kingdom when asked your nationality on the computer rather than having the choice of english, welsh etc? Or am i the only one who gets wound up about it?

Answer 1

It depends on why the computer is asking.  

Answer 2

That is where I come from. I don't understand the  problem  

Answer 3

I am English first,then British but NEVER European.

Answer 4

No,i've always answered British for nationality,and Britain or United Kingdom for the country.

I do find it funny how many foreigners think that everyone is English,because we sound the same or even Aussie,he he, then if someone says no I'm Scottish or Welsh,they say what part of England is that.Can't win.

Come to think of it,I'm tall, blonde and blue eyed(grandpa

German),and I've never been asked if I'm English abroad, in my life, mmm! Dutch,Swedish,German.bugger!

Cymro, the rest of us agree with you.

Answer 5

A little bit, yeah.

I'm proud to be English, but I ain't anti Welsh, Scottish, or Irish.  

Answer 6

What do you think i feel like being a Geordie?

Answer 7

Yes and it always is at the bottom of the lists

Answer 8

i just put caucasian even though its wrong

Answer 9

i find it a bit anoughing when i say i'm from the uk and someone else says they are from the uk. we end up chatting and they are speeking welsh. when i only speek english.  

Answer 10

No, it doesn't bother me at all. Nationality is a cosmic coincidence anyway: each of us could have been born anywhere on Earth. It really just depends on where our parents had s*x, so there's no point in getting too proud about it. Why be proud of something we haven't done?

What bothers me is when people call Britain "England", and call pounds "english money". It's as if no-one else counts. Even English people do it sometimes: they really should know better!

Answer 11

A little yes, I count myself as being scottish

Answer 12

tht is a little annoying

Answer 13

I thought exactly that about 10 minutes ago when i was signing up for something.

English.

Answer 14

I am a little, Its quite annoying when you think about it.

All the people who say "No" I think they just dont sign-up for things very often.

And in the lists its always hidden, so you have to scroll ALL the way through the list. ARGH!

Acctually now you think about it it IS VERY annoying!

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Answer 15

Yes it is soooooo........... annoying. When filling in forms you have to put british as your nationality otherwise it'll come back saying incorrect. When this happens i put welsh-british. Its like being from France, Spain, etc and putting European as their nationality because they are patriotic about their country and wouldn't like this.

There are some sites on the computer which allow you to put English, scotland, Welsh, ireland, and some even have UK aswell so everyone is happy but this is extreamly rare.  

Answer 16

I`m English.

I don`t want to get tarred with the UK brush, as someone might think I`m Scottish, or even worse, Welsh.

Answer 17

My nationality is British Citizen.  The political entity in which I live is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which is a member state of the European Union.  I was born in England and consider myself English even though my father was half Welsh and my mother was half Italian and a quarter Scottish.  I don't have a problem with any of that.

You are a unique individual. Nationality can be a useful label, but you are something separate from it.  Be yourself and don't be wound up because of things that are unimportant.

Answer 18

Doesn't bother me, I'm Welsh but see myself as British as well as Welsh.  Maybe its a generational thing though - I'm 36 and the whole "I'm Welsh not British" attitude seems more prevalent in younger people (early 20s) from what I've experienced.

If I'm talking to people from overseas I will say I'm British because often they know that Wales exists and will just call anyone from the UK "English" - so I'll say British because that includes Wales, Scotland, NI etc.  If I'm talking to people from within the UK I'll say I'm Welsh.

British is a geographical term (the island which we live on is called Great Britain) and so I don't see any political conflict in saying you're Welsh and British.

Answer 19

I am very proud of being Welsh and in my personal opinion the Sooner the Union breaks up and we are left to our own affairs the better,

Independence for Wales

Annibyniaeth i Gymru .