Are the British European?

Has anyone else had the experience of Britain as "feeling" different
from the rest of Europe. For us anglophones (I am in Canada), is it
just because there is no language barrier there?

Interested in opinions.
David
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Irishs are Europeans because they have adopted the Euro. So it's not english
speaking or the fact of living in an Island that get people not to be European.

Irishs are Europeans because they have adopted the Euro. So it's not english
speaking or the fact of living in an Island that get people not to be European.

"Agena 2003" wrote in message
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Irishs are Europeans because they have adopted the Euro. So it's not
english
speaking or the fact of living in an Island that get people not to be
European.

I thought the Irish spoke Gaelic - anyway I cant understand what they say.

"Agena 2003" wrote in message
...
Irishs are Europeans because they have adopted the Euro. So it's not
english
speaking or the fact of living in an Island that get people not to be
European.

I thought the Irish spoke Gaelic - anyway I cant understand what they say.

"Miss L. Toe" wrote:

I thought the Irish spoke Gaelic - anyway I cant understand what they say.

Neither can I.

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"Miss L. Toe" wrote:

I thought the Irish spoke Gaelic - anyway I cant understand what they say.

Neither can I.

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"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message
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"Agena 2003" wrote in message
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Irishs are Europeans because they have adopted the Euro. So it's not
english
speaking or the fact of living in an Island that get people not to be
European.

I thought the Irish spoke Gaelic - anyway I cant understand what they say.

No they don't. But yes I think people in the UK do feel less 'European' than
other countries in Europe.

I had an argument with someone here once we tried to say that the UK was not
part of Europe. Even tho geographically and politically it is, he just
wouldn't have it :-\

"Miss L. Toe" wrote in message
...

"Agena 2003" wrote in message
...
Irishs are Europeans because they have adopted the Euro. So it's not
english
speaking or the fact of living in an Island that get people not to be
European.

I thought the Irish spoke Gaelic - anyway I cant understand what they say.

No they don't. But yes I think people in the UK do feel less 'European' than
other countries in Europe.

I had an argument with someone here once we tried to say that the UK was not
part of Europe. Even tho geographically and politically it is, he just
wouldn't have it :-\

"Agena 2003" wrote in message
...
Irishs are Europeans because they have adopted the Euro.

The currency used is irrelevant

Ireland feels no more European than England
Switzerland on the other hand is obviously European
though not even part of the EU

So it's not english
speaking or the fact of living in an Island that get people not to be
European.

Mainland Europe has a different legal, political and cultural tradition
to the outlying islands. Language is part of it of course but the
main diference IMHO is in cultural attitudes in the UK and Ireland.

Europe is thought of as being somewhere else. People talk in terms of 'going
on holiday in Europe this year' in the same way they would
speak of visiting Australia or the USA, yet Britain is geographically
and politically part of Europe !

Keith





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