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By *eavenNhell OP Couple
over a year ago
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Keep seeing on various posts and threads that we are having our "Britishness" diluted be it from immigrants or other sources .can we define " Britishness " or is it a constantly evolving thing as always ? |
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Diluted? I think a lot, if not everyone, has a strong sense of identity about where they were born. Maybe some are and have been dragged from pillar to post, but if you are brought up in Britain, then you are British  |
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I've generally tried avoiding limiting myself, though we're all open to influence from others.
Attitudes, beliefs, behaviors? DNA? Many of us are part Neanderthal, up to 6%, though probably not gained here. |
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"Keep seeing on various posts and threads that we are having our "Britishness" diluted be it from immigrants or other sources .can we define " Britishness " or is it a constantly evolving thing as always ? "
British culture has been a product of incoming cultures for millennia.
To suggest there is an arbitrary point at which Britain was pure and to be sought after is utter nonsense.
Name any period in British history and there was a large immigrant population and cultural diversity was changing the status quo.
Therefore Britishness is the ability to take all comers and integrate them and take the best of the incoming cultures and adopt it as our own. Even though that comes with difficulty.
Immigration is superb. Without it Britain would be empty of all humans. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Don't you find it strange we have to embrace and learn about every culture going then ask 'what is ours '
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There are numerous typically British characteristics, we don't have to ask what is ours.
Plus being unwilling to adapt to new cultures is a bad thing. Why would we want to alienate just because they're from somewhere else? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Cornish and proud the problem is and this is not a racist comment how often do you walk down the street and here English being spoken this country is so multi cultural now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Britain is historically the most invaded and occupied land in all history. As a people we have more diverse dna than any other.
Our culture is based on taking pieces from all around the globe and making it our own. We are a melting pot starting from thousands of years ago right through until todays. It is this multi-cultural aspect of our nation that i enjoy.
I find it hilarious when the bnp and the farage-esque xenophobes cry foreigners out, so we should all leave then?!
What is Britishness? |
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I am half Scottish, quarter North-East and quarter Cheam, born in Germany. I have always felt that 'British' perfectly described that amalgam.
"I drink a lot of tea  "
Perfect. It is nigh impossible to find a decent cuppa abroad. A drink from China, grown in India, sweetened by sugar from the West Indies, with milk from the rolling pastures of our own green and pleasant land.
Yes, I vote 'Tea'
Mr ddc |
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"I am half Scottish, quarter North-East and quarter Cheam, born in Germany. I have always felt that 'British' perfectly described that amalgam.
I drink a lot of tea
Perfect. It is nigh impossible to find a decent cuppa abroad. A drink from China, grown in India, sweetened by sugar from the West Indies, with milk from the rolling pastures of our own green and pleasant land.
Yes, I vote 'Tea'
Mr ddc"
That's the perfect metaphor for the British condition |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I've never felt the need to define myself by something as irrelevant and uncontrollable as where I was born. I've never really understood nationalism or patriotism |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm a mix of English Welsh and scandinava but always call this island home and so should anyone else who comes in to stay same as we all have had from the iron age till present day |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yorkshire through and through, and proud of our county, our country and our heritage. But I agree, we are slowly losing our stiff upper lip, carry on regardless British attitude to one of grab what you can by fair means or foul, and get away with doing as little as possible. It does make you wonder and hope what lies ahead for your children and grandchildren but I'm old school, so for now its still onward and upward chaps. Tally Ho Ginger! x x |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
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"Iam not British i am Yorkshire from God,s own here in Lancashire doing Missioner work and god it,s hard
Try getting them to drink Yorkshire tea as a start slowly slowly catchee monkey"
Have you eve had Lancashire tea? They would convert easily I think. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Immigrants are taking the queens benefits, that's the problem. God bless her. And they're stealing our god and trying to replace it with their god now i think about that. |
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"Cornish and proud the problem is and this is not a racist comment how often do you walk down the street and here English being spoken this country is so multi cultural now."
Everyday, and I work in a busy shop, maybe In a day I serve one or 2 you can tell English isn't their first language and im talking out of hundreds, oh and I live about 8 miles from Dover so it's not like I'm in a weird place that people can't get to |
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"Keep seeing on various posts and threads that we are having our "Britishness" diluted be it from immigrants or other sources .can we define " Britishness " or is it a constantly evolving thing as always ?
British culture has been a product of incoming cultures for millennia.
To suggest there is an arbitrary point at which Britain was pure and to be sought after is utter nonsense.
Name any period in British history and there was a large immigrant population and cultural diversity was changing the status quo.
Therefore Britishness is the ability to take all comers and integrate them and take the best of the incoming cultures and adopt it as our own. Even though that comes with difficulty.
Immigration is superb. Without it Britain would be empty of all humans. "
This. So many of us are essentially mongrels of mixed lineage and we seem to have fitted in ok.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Immigrants are taking the queens benefits, that's the problem. God bless her. And they're stealing our god and trying to replace it with their god now i think about that."
if there is a god there can only be one surely?
But it's nice to see that at long last someone is taking the queen's benefits. ........... whatever they are??? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Immigrants are taking the queens benefits, that's the problem. God bless her. And they're stealing our god and trying to replace it with their god now i think about that.
if there is a god there can only be one surely?
But it's nice to see that at long last someone is taking the queen's benefits. ........... whatever they are??? "
56p a year taxes i pay for the privilege, tyvm.
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I was just having a conversation with a friend who went to Australia over Christmas. She was saying it's like being back in old Britain over there. "
The South Island in New Zealand reminded me of Britain circa 1971.
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"Listen to David Mitchell's recent series on R4 about manners.
It seems others can identify us as British because we will apologise when someone bumps into us.
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I do that. Then I get annoyed at myself |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Listen to David Mitchell's recent series on R4 about manners.
It seems others can identify us as British because we will apologise when someone bumps into us.
I do that. Then I get annoyed at myself "
David Mitchell took it further and said he gets annoyed when people don't say sorry.
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By (user no longer on site)
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There can't have been all that many generation of true Brits anyway.... I mean 1707 till now at something like 3-4 generation per century,,,,
Diluted pish-posh I say...... pish-posh,,,,,  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was just having a conversation with a friend who went to Australia over Christmas. She was saying it's like being back in old Britain over there.
The South Island in New Zealand reminded me of Britain circa 1971.
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They haven't caught up with our level of progress yet. They only just started Sunday opening hours  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I'm doing my best to dilute the British culture, but people just keep making fun of how often I say "awesome" and switching out my coffee for tea. 
-Courtney |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Immigrants are taking the queens benefits, that's the problem. God bless her. And they're stealing our god and trying to replace it with their god now i think about that.
if there is a god there can only be one surely?
But it's nice to see that at long last someone is taking the queen's benefits. ........... whatever they are???
56p a year taxes i pay for the privilege, tyvm.
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now ask yourself where she got her riches from????
But you still haven't explained how her benefits or 'your' god has been taken????? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"12 hrs debate and the best we can come up with is 'tea'.
Doesn't say a lot for British values"
I don't know about values, but I will point out a few things I notice about the British as an "outsider":
-Politeness bordering on emotional suppression
-An inclination to see everything as a set of boxes that need to be"ticked"
-A desire to follow rules, often just for the sake of following them (this fits with the "box ticking" mentality)
-Education as an important factor in everyday life
-A degree of intelligent dry humor is pervasive throughout society
-Not quite grasping the notion of "personal space"
-Gravitating towards the middle of the road on everything, which I think coincides with a general inclination to bring some degree of understanding to even the most diverse acts. There don't seem to be too many "extremes" in Britain, which I think is a bit of a shame, but with the lack of "extremes" I also see a more understanding and tolerant society
And....
-Tea
Overall, I like it.
-Courtney |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The day I can't get a decent cup of tea in Britain is the day I revolt.
Are you a peasant  "
A bloody British peasant heritage and proud!
Cabbage stew anyone? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Immigrants are taking the queens benefits, that's the problem. God bless her. And they're stealing our god and trying to replace it with their god now i think about that.
if there is a god there can only be one surely?
But it's nice to see that at long last someone is taking the queen's benefits. ........... whatever they are???
56p a year taxes i pay for the privilege, tyvm.
now ask yourself where she got her riches from????
But you still haven't explained how her benefits or 'your' god has been taken?????"
Lol.
Didn't actually expect anyone to take me seriously tbh... |
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By *helbeeCouple
over a year ago
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Im used to being part English/Welsh/Polish/Russian links in my family ive been brought up to embrace other countries an i dont consider britishness
i feel ive enriched from different culture links an different foods from the above countries
an even though i cant speak Welsh/Russian or Polish i have those relatives in my famly from those countries. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Iam not British i am Yorkshire from God,s own here in Lancashire doing Missioner work and god it,s hard "
i see you use the yorkshire method of spelling and punctuation |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Iam not British i am Yorkshire from God,s own here in Lancashire doing Missioner work and god it,s hard
Try getting them to drink Yorkshire tea as a start slowly slowly catchee monkey"
never seen a tea plantation in yourkshire....i think you sneaky buggers buy it from abroad and just write yorkshire on the box to be honest |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I was born and brought up in Scotland but I don't feel patriotic at all. Not because I don't like Scotland but I just don't care about national identity type stuff. I don't feel the need for it for me.
That said....If you don't like Oasis..you're not British  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I was born and brought up in Scotland but I don't feel patriotic at all. Not because I don't like Scotland but I just don't care about national identity type stuff. I don't feel the need for it for me.
That said....If you don't like Oasis..you're not British "
i thought tea was britains national drink? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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That said....If you don't like Oasis..you're not British
i thought tea was britains national drink?"
I mean the band. Wonderwall etc...
Or...you're only joking and I haven't realized |
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By (user no longer on site)
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That said....If you don't like Oasis..you're not British
i thought tea was britains national drink?
I mean the band. Wonderwall etc...
Or...you're only joking and I haven't realized "
i was being sarcastic...sorry |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Britain is historically the most invaded and occupied land in all history. As a people we have more diverse dna than any other.
Our culture is based on taking pieces from all around the globe and making it our own. We are a melting pot starting from thousands of years ago right through until todays. It is this multi-cultural aspect of our nation that i enjoy.
I find it hilarious when the bnp and the farage-esque xenophobes cry foreigners out, so we should all leave then?!
What is Britishness? "
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Unless you've been living in a very remote place somewhere.
Everybody in the world is a fifth cousin!.
That's how they get those little novel things like lady di and Humphrey Bogart being third cousins...
It really isn't that special |
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By (user no longer on site)
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That said....If you don't like Oasis..you're not British
i thought tea was britains national drink?
I mean the band. Wonderwall etc...
Or...you're only joking and I haven't realized
i was being sarcastic...sorry "
My bad |
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By (user no longer on site)
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That said....If you don't like Oasis..you're not British
i thought tea was britains national drink?
I mean the band. Wonderwall etc...
Or...you're only joking and I haven't realized
i was being sarcastic...sorry
My bad "
i should have stuck a at the end really |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"never seen a tea plantation in yourkshire....i think you sneaky buggers buy it from abroad and just write yorkshire on the box to be honest
Not even in deepest darkest Yorkshire "
all of yorkshire is deep and dark |
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