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Originally Posted by Aptrgangr
Why not?
I am well aware today everyone is Brit that owns a British passport.
Maybe a similar survey about Spain exists - I am sure several Peruvians consider themselves as Spaniards
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No. Take into account that 'British' was made near synonimous with eg. Commonwealth citizen even before immigration started to be a issue.
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Ecuadorians are convinced to be real Catalunyans, some Mexicans do not want to be called Spaniards but Basques...
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Only when they are politically assimilated into one of the so-called 'nationalist' (independentist) parties, such as is the case of the Cuban representative for ERC in Girona (Catalonia).
Which is, by the way, funny if you hear her stating the obvious, that she is not Spanish..
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