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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 13091971)
I find this (mercifully brief) article in Wikipedia to be quite good.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo You could have two people in Scotland; one is Scottish, one is Anglo. But if they moved to Quebec, they’d both be Anglo! If they moved to India, they wouldn’t be Anglo-Indians, not by the definition of the 1935 Government of India Act, anyway. Apparently, anglos came from the Angeln region of Germany, which is close to saxony, where the saxons came from.. I'm going to start calling myself a Jute. Except there are no boxes to tick for that on the demographic questions on forms. |
Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 13093368)
I'm going to start calling myself a Jute. Except there are no boxes to tick for that on the demographic questions on forms.
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 13093368)
I'm going to start calling myself a Jute. Except there are no boxes to tick for that on the demographic questions on forms.
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 13093370)
You can call yourselves anything you like but it won't make you Celts :p
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 13093374)
It’s a sign of moral fibre.
And would give me a head start in a sack race. |
Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 13093403)
Well I have got some Moylan and Fitzgerald ancestors up the family tree, if that helps.
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 13093405)
Ok you're allowed in.
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 13093408)
Sadly though just one generation too far off for me to get an Irish passport.
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 13093409)
Great-grandparents? Bad luck :(
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
(Post 13093417)
Yeah. Poor timing on their part to cross the sea. They could have thought ahead a bit more. :frown:
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 13093409)
Great-grandparents? Bad luck ...
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 13093430)
So you were just stringing her along then? :unsure:
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 13093284)
...
To the original posted question: I know that "Anglo" is used in the Hispanic community as a generic for "white people", but honestly couldn't care less if they do, either in general, or referring to a group including me, or me in isolation. It is of no concern to me, nor whether it might have any negative connotation. |
Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
(Post 13093215)
All while posting the Liberian flag emoji.
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Re: The term Anglo
Originally Posted by Steerpike
(Post 13093442)
In my 39 years in the US, I don't recall ever hearing the term Anglo, either in specific reference to me, or to 'white people' in general. I've been called a 'Brit', a 'Limey', and perhaps other less polite terms, but I just don't recall hearing Anglo. And like you, I wouldn't find it in the least bit offensive or troubling if they did. I've seen it written from time to time, but never coming out of someone's mouth in normal conversation.
Never heard that in the Latino community either. The generic for US people is "gringos", unrelated to any ethnicity questions. On the forms, the term "caucasian" is used, and also just "white". |
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