People who grew up in England, do you see yourself as more English or more British?

Posted by colei_canis@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 11 comments

Bit of a random question but genuinely curious what people think.

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Free_Clerk223@reddit

I always find it interesting that the English have taken the British identity so easily, you ask anywhere else in the UK (except maybe NI) they'll say the country they come from first then British (most of the time)

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bladefiddler@reddit

It's because us English view it as a sort of compulsory team. The others are a bit more touchy about it, since their ancestors seen it as more of a forceful takeover /s

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Free_Clerk223@reddit

Why aren't the Saxon or Anglo or Norman English more like the rest of the UK? They bought the British cost far to easily IMHO

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Tri-ranaceratops@reddit

Those terms are meaningless in the modern context. Genetically all the occupants of the British isles, excluding recent immigrants, share a drastically similar genetic heritage. We may have Saxon, Norman, Celtic, Danish, Breton or maybe even Roman ancestors. But essentially, most of us are a combination of that mix. Obviously the different countries have different (although similar) cultures, but we shouldn't be thought of in terms of Saxon or not. They're pretty much all Saxon.