British or English

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Currently having a conversation/ debate with a friend. Are you British or English? Do you consider one a nationality and one an ethnicity?

My Asian family members describe themselves as British Asian. Saying 'I'm English' is synonymous with something else, mainly because of the connotations with the English flag and nationalism.

They are both geographic locations, so technically this shouldnt be that different. And you don't get the same with Scottish or Welsh.

What are your thoughts?

British - Irish here and born/bred in England.

My BIL would also say British - Irish and he was born/bred in Wales.

I'm Welsh.

If I was not, I would be English first and British second. England (and Wales and Scotland) are countries. Though as racists in England have often hijacked the flag in living memory if not now, can understand why someone with heritage and/or birth in India (for example) would say British Asian.

I'm British despite being born in England. None of my grandparents were born in England and only one of my parents.

My nationality is British. I am also English though, having been born and brought up in England (not in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland).

British - English born now emigrated to Scotland.

British - born in England.

Both!

English

I say I'm British - I'm born and raised in England, but have Welsh and Scottish heritage too.

English - as far back as I can research my family tree, all my family members have been born in England.
Then British.

I’m Welsh and British

Apparently according to my search in ChatGPT you are more likely to identify as English if you voted leave in the Brexit referendum. How true that is I don't know

I've always identified as British but then feel naturally more drawn to being European. This is despite being born in England to several generations of English family members.

Would you say you were English as well as British?
I was born in England, but am ethnically Asian. Neither of my parents were born in England. My DH would say he was Welsh as he was born in Wales, even though both his parents are English.

I'm both, with a bit of Cornish thrown in.
I assume your conversations have been sparked by Rishi Sunak's assertion that he is English. And the subsequent fallout where people who have no business to question someone else's identity claim he can't possibly be English.

English then British, despite living in Wales.

Welsh and British.

I was born in England to an Irish mother and Welsh Father
I have lived in Wales for the past 5 years I class myself as English

I was not born in England, so I cannot be English. I am British.

My dc are both English and British.

English = heritage
British = citizenship

English, from the UK

British and European.

Mixed English, Scots and Welsh heritage - born in England but I have a Scottish name and DF tells me I was ‘made’ in Scotland.

I think it's very personal- I'm Welsh and would describe myself as Welsh first and British second. I only really describe myself as British on official forms or if I'm abroad. My DH is English but lived in Wales for a long time so thinks of himself as British first English second.
I don't think anything negative if someone describes themselves as English though- I just take it to mean that they were born and raised in England

English - didn't vote leave and am not racist, as was suggested further up.

Half Scottish, born in England so I’m both.
Husband is half German, born in Cornwall, so he’s both.
Kids born in Cornwall, so Cornish 😁

British - mum is Welsh/Scottish however she was brought up with her Welsh family and would say she's more Welsh than anything, born in England though.
Dad is Nigerian, been here since 1972.

English