A question 4 those born and living in the 'British Colonies'
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If you aren't British by origin then I'd have expected Britain to be no higher on the list of places to visit than anywhere else until I started working with Aussies, It's amazing how many of them regularly come here on their holidays, even when they are several generations Australian.
I'm the only one in my family born outside the UK and have very very few relatives in Aussie. I went there was I was very young and would love to go over and check it out and meet all my relatives. But I'm afraid when I go on holiday I can't seem to be able to go further than $1 beers and $5 blow jobs in Thailand.
I am from one of the oldest English speaking families in SA, dating back to the 1790's. However my grandparents always talked of the UK as "home" however I do not feel that way and Africa is my home despite living in Europe and the Middle East for a number of years each.
Interisting fact is that my Dad is only the second male since the 1790's to marry a girl who was not brought out from "the motherland", this might explain my grandparents attitude, keeping the blood pure and all that bull.
Interisting fact is that my Dad is only the second male since the 1790's to marry a girl who was not brought out from "the motherland", this might explain my grandparents attitude, keeping the blood pure and all that bull.
I have no UK ancestry, but I have always wanted to visit when I lived in a former colony (still part of Commonwealth). That was more to do with the older generations recalling the halcyon days when the country was a proper colony and everything was "British" besides the weather of course. I was born after independence, but only by 9 years, so grew up with an English flavour to everything from schooling, to language, to cars etc.
Didn't actually make the first trip until I was 30 and I have now been living here for close to 7 years and can't think of anywhere else I would rather live.
It really is disheartening to hear so many Brits put the country down, especially when I doubt that many of them have actually experienced living in another country.
Didn't actually make the first trip until I was 30 and I have now been living here for close to 7 years and can't think of anywhere else I would rather live.
It really is disheartening to hear so many Brits put the country down, especially when I doubt that many of them have actually experienced living in another country.
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States are for more culturally related than you think. I feel far more affinity with all of them than I do with the country just 22 miles south of Dover, which is quite simply 'foreign'. Any British 'escapee' would be welcome to crash at Simpo Hall.
Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 22 February 21:05
ks...But love going back to see Family/Friends and being able drive more than 20 miles without running out of road !
redtwin said:
It really is disheartening to hear so many Brits put the country down, especially when I doubt that many of them have actually experienced living in another country.
They fall into two categories - the little Englander types who winge about foreigners but are happy to emigrate to another country (or Wales) and behave exactly like foreigners - then you get the genuinely peeved off people who are fed up with the level of crime and anti-social behaviour that is prevalent in many of our towns - and don't deny it! Back to topic, my mum is from Malaysia but prefers it here - in fact she never visits her country of birth.Edited by fido on Monday 22 February 21:14
Jem Thompson said:
I have grown up in New Zealand, and cannot wait to move over to the UK (or Canada). There is just something about the place, despite the fact everyone tells me its worse than I think, I just really believe its a great place. Never actually been there of course...
Maybe worth a visit to the UK, as many New Zealanders do. Very different, and far closer to mainland Europe than you are. But, for permanent living look to Canada- your 'citizenship' here comes with a £50,000 overdraft.NB. You aren't a citizen of the UK, you are a subject of Queenie.
Simpo Two said:
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States are for more culturally related than you think. I feel far more affinity with all of them than I do with the country just 22 miles south of Dover, which is quite simply 'foreign'. Any British 'escapee' would be welcome to crash at Simpo Hall.
I can only really speak for Aus but I feel like it is much more influenced by USA in terms of TV, music, film and other typical cultural indicators than UK/Europe was to previous generations. So the relationship with the monarch is breaking and evidenced by the attempt to break into a republic a few years back.Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 22 February 21:05
I think that was reflected a bit in my own life too. But I ended up here anyway and don't regret it. Great place to live
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