05-25-2004, 10:52 AM
I do know that England is different from Britain - that's why I emphasized my native tongue is *English* because I was born in England! You made an interesting assumption there about what I said. Not all English people are arrogant about England, and as an archaeologist interested in the 'Migration Period,' I am well aware of who's what and when.<br>
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btw, the Celts migrated from the continent to Britain, so how native are they? At what point do immigrants become 'native'?<br>
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My point was I am English and speak English by default because I was born in England. My father's from London, so god knows what's in his 'blood' (it's one of those places which has always absorbed immigrants) and my mother's from Shropshire, so very possibly has Welsh blood (but living directly on the border lands, she never did like her neighbours!)<br>
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Though I'd be interested in finding out more about my ancestory, it would be very much an academic exercise, bound in history and probably not particularly relevant to what I am today (unless I had a vested interested in settling old scores or mulling over injustices perhaps, which doesn't help the present). In the end, I was born in England and I can't really claim anything else. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=viventia@romanarmytalk>Viventia</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.tegula.freeserve.co.uk/viv.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/25/04 1:12 pm<br></i>
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btw, the Celts migrated from the continent to Britain, so how native are they? At what point do immigrants become 'native'?<br>
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My point was I am English and speak English by default because I was born in England. My father's from London, so god knows what's in his 'blood' (it's one of those places which has always absorbed immigrants) and my mother's from Shropshire, so very possibly has Welsh blood (but living directly on the border lands, she never did like her neighbours!)<br>
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Though I'd be interested in finding out more about my ancestory, it would be very much an academic exercise, bound in history and probably not particularly relevant to what I am today (unless I had a vested interested in settling old scores or mulling over injustices perhaps, which doesn't help the present). In the end, I was born in England and I can't really claim anything else. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=viventia@romanarmytalk>Viventia</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.tegula.freeserve.co.uk/viv.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/25/04 1:12 pm<br></i>