Comments on: Why I Love Being British http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/why-i-love-being-british/ Just blog blog blogin' along. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:06:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: David Knight http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/why-i-love-being-british/#comment-20 David Knight Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:20:01 +0000 http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-20 I do so share most of your thoughts about being British; it's my country and I dearly love it. However, I do take issue with our `national anthem' - it's no such thing! It's no wonder we don't know the words; nobody wants to! It's a song about the monarch, not the country. I don't have any strong feelings about the monarchy one way or the other (which, in itself, must speak volumes considering that most of the population probably feels the same) but I do feel that if our anthem were truly about the Nation we'd have something like `Jerusalem' or, better still in my view `I vow to thee my Country' (set to Holst's `Jupiter' from `The Planets' I'm a 60 year old ex-pat Yorkshireman living in Northants. God Bless you ma'am! I do so share most of your thoughts about being British; it’s my country and I dearly love it.
However, I do take issue with our `national anthem’ – it’s no such thing! It’s no wonder we don’t know the words; nobody wants to! It’s a song about the monarch, not the country.
I don’t have any strong feelings about the monarchy one way or the other (which, in itself, must speak volumes considering that most of the population probably feels the same) but I do feel that if our anthem were truly about the Nation we’d have something like `Jerusalem’ or, better still in my view `I vow to thee my Country’ (set to Holst’s `Jupiter’ from `The Planets’
I’m a 60 year old ex-pat Yorkshireman living in Northants.
God Bless you ma’am!

]]> By: Are You Proud To Be British? (Part 2) » English Blogs http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/why-i-love-being-british/#comment-9 Are You Proud To Be British? (Part 2) » English Blogs Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:38:25 +0000 http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-9 [...] is more of Miss Scribbler’s list on why she is proud to be British. Let’s see which of these we can relate to. Tea-drinking. A Canadian once said to me that she [...] [...] is more of Miss Scribbler’s list on why she is proud to be British. Let’s see which of these we can relate to. Tea-drinking. A Canadian once said to me that she [...]

]]> By: Are You Proud To Be British? » English Blogs http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/why-i-love-being-british/#comment-3 Are You Proud To Be British? » English Blogs Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:37:23 +0000 http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-3 [...] about being a nationalistic Brit. I never really realized it but there just might be truth in what Miss Scribbler says in her blog – that “the UK is probably the very least patriotic country in Europe.” I am sure that many [...] [...] about being a nationalistic Brit. I never really realized it but there just might be truth in what Miss Scribbler says in her blog – that “the UK is probably the very least patriotic country in Europe.” I am sure that many [...]

]]> By: C. Fraser http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/why-i-love-being-british/#comment-2 C. Fraser Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:41:25 +0000 http://missscribbler.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-2 If you changed a few of the words/descriptions/items in your post you could be talking about Canada. We, Canadians, are going through similar question (probably due in large part to our British heritage). I think you'll probably find similar questions happening in most Western countries due to history and the current immigration situation. (You know I just realized that I think you left a message on my blog, and I came across your blog while browsing tags, in a mostly unrelated way to your post on my blog. It is a frick'n small world. Or maybe you didn't and I'm just making things up. Anythings possible) If you changed a few of the words/descriptions/items in your post you could be talking about Canada. We, Canadians, are going through similar question (probably due in large part to our British heritage). I think you’ll probably find similar questions happening in most Western countries due to history and the current immigration situation.

(You know I just realized that I think you left a message on my blog, and I came across your blog while browsing tags, in a mostly unrelated way to your post on my blog. It is a frick’n small world. Or maybe you didn’t and I’m just making things up. Anythings possible)

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