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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
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What am I?
I have always considered myself to be British, stemming from my ancestry, and was about to select an option in the "Land" category in line with such, only to discover it did not exist. I am a mix of groups from said region, and do not seem to fit into any one group. This has me thinking, yet again, about the category in which I belong. A breakdown of my ancestry:
Paternal grandfather: 50% Scottish, 25% Irish, 25% German/Dutch Paternal grandmother: 100% English Maternal grandfather: 100% Irish (with Ulster-Scottish mixed in) Maternal grandmother: 50% Welsh, 25% English, 25% German My English and Irish blood seems to dominate, with Scottish coming in second, and the remainder being a mix of Welsh and German. Although, my surname hails from Scotland and is of Saxon origin. In light of this, what group do you believe I fit into? Where is my true land of origin? 
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You sound like a typical colonial mix of just about everything. Are you from Skadi?
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The Irish are one of the most ancient nations that I know of at this end of the world, and are from as mighty a race as the world ever brought forth. For it is certain that Ireland hath had the use of letters very anciently and long before England; that they had letters anciently is nothing doubtful, for the Saxons of England are said to have their letters and learning, and learned men, from the Irish. - Edmund Spenser (writer, and British Government Official in Ireland, AD 1596). 
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Yes, I've been a member of Skadi for a while now... it seems as if that's a not a good thing?
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You're Canadian.
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"I have been seeking through all the valleys to acquire some isolated pasturage which will yet be easily accessible, moderately clement in temperature, pleasantly situated, watered by a stream, and within sound of a torrent or the waves of a lake. I have no wish for a pretentious domain. I prefer to select a convenient site and then build after my own fashion, with the view of locating myself for a time, or perhaps for always. An obscure valley would be for me the sole habitable earth." Je mourrai/Dans une voiture carbonisée/La portičre ne voudra pas s'ouvrir/Et je hurlerai...
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Oh for goodness' sake, leave the kid alone, you colonial-hunting vultures!
 
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Are you suggesting that's a bad thing? 
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The Irish are one of the most ancient nations that I know of at this end of the world, and are from as mighty a race as the world ever brought forth. For it is certain that Ireland hath had the use of letters very anciently and long before England; that they had letters anciently is nothing doubtful, for the Saxons of England are said to have their letters and learning, and learned men, from the Irish. - Edmund Spenser (writer, and British Government Official in Ireland, AD 1596).
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No, I was actually expecting you two old spinsters start picking on the kid for being Canadian
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The Irish are one of the most ancient nations that I know of at this end of the world, and are from as mighty a race as the world ever brought forth. For it is certain that Ireland hath had the use of letters very anciently and long before England; that they had letters anciently is nothing doubtful, for the Saxons of England are said to have their letters and learning, and learned men, from the Irish. - Edmund Spenser (writer, and British Government Official in Ireland, AD 1596).
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Well, the definition of what is a "Canadian", unfortunately, is fast-changing in a negative manner. My ancestry seems to be atypical in these parts, from those around me, anyway. I find the whole concept of being a part of this nation holds too much association with Amerindians and multiculturalism for me.
Seeing as how English accounts for the majority of my background, and most of my family lives in said nation, and I hold dual citizenship...
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But the Amerindians weren't living in a multicultural society until the colonial settlers arrived.
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The Irish are one of the most ancient nations that I know of at this end of the world, and are from as mighty a race as the world ever brought forth. For it is certain that Ireland hath had the use of letters very anciently and long before England; that they had letters anciently is nothing doubtful, for the Saxons of England are said to have their letters and learning, and learned men, from the Irish. - Edmund Spenser (writer, and British Government Official in Ireland, AD 1596).
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Damn Amerinds destroying American culture!
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"I have been seeking through all the valleys to acquire some isolated pasturage which will yet be easily accessible, moderately clement in temperature, pleasantly situated, watered by a stream, and within sound of a torrent or the waves of a lake. I have no wish for a pretentious domain. I prefer to select a convenient site and then build after my own fashion, with the view of locating myself for a time, or perhaps for always. An obscure valley would be for me the sole habitable earth." Je mourrai/Dans une voiture carbonisée/La portičre ne voudra pas s'ouvrir/Et je hurlerai...
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