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Originally Posted by icarus
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.
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It was north of London somewhere, can't remember exactly as it was 40 + years ago and I was hitchhiking. The reaction startled me but things have probably changed since then and he was just one person. Mostly I found the people very friendly, except when confused for a Yank.
I was talking to a black woman from London a while ago and she said that they call themselves British as opposed to English as kind of a code to show they are emigres from former British colonies. Yeah I'm Canadian, my mother was born in Vancouver and my dad in Calgary.