tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8250237476473458838.post879712934182358753..comments2023-04-20T08:58:35.362+01:00Comments on Thinking Practice: Englishness: flags, stotties and onionsMark Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15228485200990607961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8250237476473458838.post-74085168151323569602013-11-27T17:50:55.146+00:002013-11-27T17:50:55.146+00:00Thanks Jo. I must have some mongrel elements, but ...Thanks Jo. I must have some mongrel elements, but as I said at the event, so far as I'm able to tell (without really researching my family history) the most exotic parts of my family tree came to Preston from the exotic distant land known as Wigan!Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228485200990607961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8250237476473458838.post-86494216334802479982013-11-27T17:50:19.596+00:002013-11-27T17:50:19.596+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15228485200990607961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8250237476473458838.post-62112383059739929252013-11-26T09:56:53.698+00:002013-11-26T09:56:53.698+00:00Such a loaded question the English one. Because my...Such a loaded question the English one. Because my father was in the forces, I thought English was all about uniforms - this was enhanced by lack of connection with place. But now I am Northern English. Not British. I am interested in the way people claim heritage (my French great grandmother, my Irish grandfather etc) as if we are all proud of being mongrels - which I think we should be. Maybe this is another essential English characteristic. A kind of English plus. Jojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500277374230816744noreply@blogger.com