🔥 Australia. Now in Europe.
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I missed this story when it came out (the real story, obviously, and not the idiot CNN team's version) so did some research.
The real quote:
Google search results:
Remind you of anyone?
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Maybe they just needed some Jews to get it right?
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Remind you of anyone?
It would remind me more if Austria was blustering about forcing Slovenia to build a border fence.
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Australians are basically British. Good enough for me.
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@coldandtired said:
Remind you of anyone?
Maybe they just needed some Jews to get it right?
Both known to be great humanitarians unlike European Nazis or American pigs. (sarcasm)
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Slovenia is lucky it's just a fence. If the NBN decided to build a broadband network there they'd be in real trouble!
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That's racist.
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I was making a small dig at the practice of corrupting quotes rather than the actual wall, but it was late, in my defence.
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Australia were in the most recent Eurovision.
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Australia were in the most recent Eurovision.
What? I find this extremely surprising!
...Someone that cares enough about Eurovision to mention it.
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Someone that cares enough about Eurovision to mention it.
That's a vile slander.
I just happened to remember it when I saw this thread title, and thought it might be, very mildly, amusing.
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Reminds me of a shirt I got when I went to Austria in high school:
I got so many weird looks when I got back, and a few people came up and tried to correct me.
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During a trip abroad with a friend in the summer of 2002, we got into a conversation with some guy with a clear German accent to his English at the place in which we were staying. Asked where he was from, he replied, “Austria.” A little later in the conversation, the euro (which of course was brand-new at the time) came up, and my friend says, “I didn’t know they had euros there” in the tone of voice of, “it’s not even in Europe, is it?”
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Except for more racist and xenophobic ... so they are basically like English in any hot country. BTW there is no such thing as British ... otherwise the Scots and Welsh wouldn't want independence.
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BTW there is no such thing as British
So what do you call people from the British Isles then?
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Depends where they are from in the British Isles doesn't it?
- Scotland - Scottish
- Wales - Welsh
- Northern Ireland - Northern Irish.
Very simple.
We won't get into the North / South Divide in England which has been since fucking Vikings Invaded ...
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Ah, so nationality trumps any geographical factors?
TIL that I'm not European.
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Depends who you ask doesn't it?
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That doesn't affect the veracity of the statement, just whether the person I asked is right or wrong.
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Ah, so nationality trumps any geographical factors?
No. He's just talking bollocks again.
Any member of those threeTwo of those three groups he mentioned can also be called British.Unless he's going to advocate not being able to call a Texan an American of course - though it may depend on the amount of blood in his alcohol stream and how many IDs there were in the last CSS file he opened.
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Most English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish people are also British (whether they like it or not). The legal nationality associated with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 'British', so it's simply incorrect to say that the word has no meaning. The other terms, when used in the sense of nationality, don't have a legal meaning to my knowledge, they're more a matter of identity.
Personally, I identify myself as both English and British, and might use either term depending on the context (sometimes I even describe myself as European, when talking to people from another continent), so even with the qualifier that we're talking about identity rather than legal nationality, I'll stand as a counter-example to your blanket statement.
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No. He's just talking bollocks again. Any member of those three groups he mentioned can also be called British.
Depends who you fucking ask who is talking bollox or not. Considering there is a real possibility that we can exit the EU, I am obviously not talking bollox you fucking cunt.
I am English, but I never say I am British for the same reason I am not a fucking Scot or a Welshman. No Scotsman would identify as British first instead of Scottish ... FFS
BTW I am pro EU.
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Most English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish people are also British (whether they like it or not).
Yes but they don't always call themselves that ... which was kinda the point.
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I am English, but I never say I am British for the same reason I am not a fucking Scot or a Welshman.
You live in England, which is located on the island of Great Britain. I don't give a rats ass if you say you're British or not, it doesn't change the fact that you are.
BTW I am pro EU.
Thank you for that relevant piece of information. Personally, I'm pro dogs but anti cats. I'm sure that was enlightening.
Filed under: I identify as a black Jewish trans woman
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Yes but they don't always call themselves that ... which was kinda the point.
I thought ry was encouraged here? Anyway I addressed your actual point in my second paragraph.
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Most English, Scottish, Welsh...people are also British
All of those people (for quite a few years now) are British.Considering there is a real possibility that we can exit the EU
This wouldn't change anything regarding being British.
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You live in England, > which is located on the island of Great Britain. I don't give a rats ass if you say you're British or not, it doesn't change the fact that you are.
There is no island of Great Britain you fucking idiot.
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This wouldn't change anything regarding being British.
Yes it would because the rest of the kingdom would probably break up.
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Britain is not the same as the UK.
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No it isn't.
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So the UK breaking up doesn't carve the island in half. Britain would still be Britain.
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Whatever mate .. another asshole on an internet forum being a dick.
I'm sorry my facts hurt you.
Yes it would because the rest of the kingdom would probably break up.
Let's try once more, with feeling:
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe.
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Do you understand the UK instead of Britain.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
Political Term not a fucking MAP TERM YOU CUNT!
We all have different government (almost now) so we aren't the same fucking country.
Also notice all those islands off the main land, some of them are English and some of them are Scottish ... some are even Welsh.
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All of those people (for quite a few years now) are British.
Really? Not everyone born in the UK automatically gets British nationality, so I would be surprised if there was no-one who identified themselves as English (for instance) who wasn't legally British.
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You can't just identify as English without also being British.
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You can't just identify as English without also being British.
I bet he can....
Whether it's true or not is a completely different matter.
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It is a subjective term ...
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I identify as Martian and I am British
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You can't just identify as English without also being British.
One can be born and raised in England without being legally British, and many people from the UK do not identify themselves as British. Therefore one can be English but not British, though it's a comparatively rare state.
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There is no island of Great Britain you fucking idiot.
Wrong. That's what the largest island, the one with London and Manchester and Glasgow and Bristol and so on on it, is called. You can call it Dolly Parton's Polkadot Muff Party if you wish, but you'll be in an extreme minority there.
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It isn't me.
People are conflating the political terminology with what everyone thinks (the populace).
They are different.
I have lived in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey and various parts of what was once part of the Empire. They are not culturally the same, not even the North and the South of England are radically different.
The Gibraltarians for example say they are "British" but are more Spanish in culture than the rest of the UK, but won't admit it.
There are still big cultural differences between the scots and the welsh, compared to the English and there is a bit sub-divide between the North and the South and London itself.
If you are willing to ignore all that an only look at the map then yes we are all "British" but the truth isn't that simple.
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So the Isle of Wight is not part of Great Britain ... Don't say that to Pompii supporters on that island.
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Correct you on what? The t-shirt is quite clear. Although I'm sure there are Kangaroos in Austria too... in a Zoo