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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I didn't understand this until while travelling in England I told this guy I was English, Welsh and Scottish and he gave me this pitying look. Makes me glad I live in Canada.
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Was it real pity, or the kind of playful faux-pity that an Albertan might show to someone who said he was from, say, Toronto or Newfoundland?
My ancestry in English, Scottish and Irish and I can't say I've ever experienced this, and I'm not aware that any of my Scottish or Welsh born and bred friends have experienced this in England but maybe London and the South-east is a bit more cosmopolitan than other parts of England.