[928uk] Fw: 928 in England

[Paul R Smith]

Independence for England! I say.

Smiffy

On 18/02/2012 12:53 a.m., Peter Howard wrote:
> Not entirely the case; Scottish father, Irish mother, born in Wales. I 
> think that makes me British? Ok I support Wales when it comes to rugby 
> and England when it comes to Football.
>
> I quite like the idea of being British. It will be interesting to see 
> how the debate in Scotland pans out.
>
> On 17 Feb 2012, at 11:49, Paul R Smith <smiffypr at clear.net.nz 
> <mailto:smiffypr at clear.net.nz>> wrote:
>
>> No one born and bred in Britain would call themselves British if they 
>> were asked where they are from, they would reply "English" (or 
>> "Scots" or "Welsh").  We accept it from foreigners, but only because 
>> we are polite and tolerate their ignorance. We are not as tolerant 
>> and polite as the Dutch, so be warned.
>>
>> Smiffy
>>
>> On 18/02/2012 12:10 a.m., ERIC COOLEN wrote:
>>> Indeed, being Dutch myself and having been brought up and schooled 
>>> (if that's a word) in Germany most of my life, I can confirm that on 
>>> the continent the whole island referred to correctly as Britain, is 
>>> simply called England :-).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On 17 February 2012 10:42, Andrew Brierley 
>>> <brierley28 at virginmedia.com <mailto:brierley28 at virginmedia.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Yes it should Richard, that was the title of the original e-mail
>>>     before I found out the itinerary.
>>>     Perhaps they don't know the difference, you could enlighten them :-)
>>>
>>>     Regards
>>>     Andrew
>>>
>>>     --------------------------------------------------
>>>     From: "Rich Dunn" <richdunn at onetel.com <mailto:richdunn at onetel.com>>
>>>
>>>         Looking at the itinerary shouldn't the subject be '928 in
>>>         Scotland'?
>>>         Regards,
>>>         Rich Dunn. '93 GTS man. (hopefully going in for a full
>>>         repaint next week).
>>>
>>>
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