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**kaiayout** · 11-02-2011, 10:22 PM

Gallaghers are irish and they are from UK not Amerika.
Anyway, 'Brits are a mix of various ethnicies' does not mean that every Brit is a mix of english, scottish etc, some are, some not. Its the fact that 'British' is not an ethnical category itself, but national- under name of a Brits you will find an englishman and a scotsman.

Actually Americans traditionally don't mix Scottish and English under British. I do, but i'm one quarter British Isles heritage, so I don't divide that up. An American Scot who knows they're Scottish would never AFAIK call themselves british. That would be rare in any case.

11-02-2011, 10:22 PM	#14
kaiayout Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	Gallaghers are irish and they are from UK not Amerika. Anyway, 'Brits are a mix of various ethnicies' does not mean that every Brit is a mix of english, scottish etc, some are, some not. Its the fact that 'British' is not an ethnical category itself, but national- under name of a Brits you will find an englishman and a scotsman. Actually Americans traditionally don't mix Scottish and English under British. I do, but i'm one quarter British Isles heritage, so I don't divide that up. An American Scot who knows they're Scottish would never AFAIK call themselves british. That would be rare in any case.
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