Where do you say you are from!
 

The reason I ask is this I have many americans ask me this as do we all, and today I was in the local car store in UK, and the guy helping me said, "where do you tell folk your from" :confused: when your in America!!

Well I am a Brit so I tell folk I am from the UK :unsure:

What do you say? ie Scotland, Wales, England, or the UK, British Isles (that would through them lol)or Great Britain!!

Yes dumb question but curious.....what does bother me is when I get the answer "oh the UK is that in England":ohmy:

Re: Where do you say you are from!
 

I say England, because that's where I was born and raised!

Re: Where do you say you are from!
 

I just say London....

Americans are easily pleased

Re: Where do you say you are from!
 

England :thumbsup:

Re: Where do you say you are from!
 

I am English!...from England :D

I don't like to be British and can't say 'the United Kingdom' without feeling weird and, IMO, its no longer Great Britain.

Is "car store" a quaint Norfolk term for car dealership or a typo? ;)

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Your lucky if I said Norwich they would look at me like I was an Alien, but you are right, most of them think London is the only location in the UK.

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Scotland, cos it's so much fun to hear that they are 1/2 scottish or irish and that we are practically related. Also love it when they ask (or ax) what language we speak :rofl:

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I was in a local car accessary store actually, buying a union jack 2 fingers in the air sticker for the back of the car :rofl:

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I was once asked, if I was from Texas.

So, depending on my mood, if asked, I tell them I'm from Texas.

Otherwise, I just say I'm English.

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When I spot a British person over here, and ask where they are from, they will often say London. (That's if I use my ambiguous accent.) When I push and say where exactly, they'll usually tell me, but you can tell they don't expect the average American to have a clue. Prejudiced by stereotype!

And Great Britain isn't called Great because of any historical reason such as Empire. It's because of the geography - in that we are part of the Greater British Isles. The more you know!

Re: Where do you say you are from!
 

I say England, UK or Britain, but I think I say England more often.

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Just as people tend to think that the only city in New York is New York City.:curse:

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Togolese Republic

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Just lately I've been saying Chenoa!!....:lol: you should see the confused looks I get!....then they say 'no...before that?'.....then I say England!
A while ago I actually had a bank teller phone me to ask me if Britain was the same place as the U.K. !!!!!!!!!,then she said did I know where England was?!!!.............ARRRGH!!!:ohmy:

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Wait, what? It isn't?