Brandy's post last night about how he never thought he'd see a Brit beat the Africans

Starts you thinking about the nature of nationality in this fluid world

Because really, at many levels Mo *is* an African, just like KP *is* a South African and that huge Samoan bloke who plays centre for England in the rugger *is* a Samoan

And yet unlike the other two of those three Mo *feels* like a proper Brit, so I get what Brandy was saying

It's hard to work out what makes someone feel like a Brit - it's not place of birth, because Strauss was born in SA and he feels like a Brit (to me). It's not colour, because we are well past that as a national denominator. Is it voice/accent? Where you spent your childhood? What is it?

Posted By: Old Git on August 5th 2012 at 10:38:06

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Brandy's post last night about how he never thought he'd see a Brit beat the Africans (Other Sports) - Old Git, Aug 5, 10:38:06
- I can you what being British feels like (Other Sports) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 5, 11:13:08
  - Once more with meaning (n/m) (Other Sports) - Dandy Highburyman, Aug 5, 11:15:32
- Haven't particularly felt nationalistic ever really (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 5, 11:00:05
- it's easy... (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 5, 10:51:53
- It's entirely subjective I think (Other Sports) - King, Aug 5, 10:51:07
  - Haha (Other Sports) - King, Aug 5, 10:58:54
    - smartphone? I hate that, especially when you typed what you wanted (Other Sports) - pants, Aug 5, 11:05:40
      - ^^this (n/m) (Other Sports) - King, Aug 5, 11:14:58
    - Can't even post in the right place (Other Sports) - King, Aug 5, 11:00:06
  - Yes. Woucanyons. I concur. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 10:52:00
    - Yodelling in the woucanyons (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Aug 5, 11:04:51
    - would they be ronery anymote woucanyons? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 5, 10:58:24
      - Ah now I remeber (n/m) (Other Sports) - Pixelman, Aug 5, 11:00:00
      - Racist (n/m) (Other Sports) - Waddockhunt, Aug 5, 10:59:30
        
        some of my best friends are woucanyons (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Aug 5, 11:00:27
        
        Of course (Other Sports) - Waddockhunt, Aug 5, 11:01:36
- Its funny really (Other Sports) - Waddockhunt, Aug 5, 10:47:51
- You get something difficult to define from where you grow up, I think. (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Aug 5, 10:47:08
  - Yes, so maybe it is about how early you get here (Other Sports) - Old Git, Aug 5, 11:08:08
    - Mo's father was a brit, born in England. Obviously Somali heritage tho' (n/m) (Other Sports) - mike_the_sphinx, Aug 5, 11:29:30
  - Woah man (Other Sports) - King, Aug 5, 10:52:35
- To have a stab I would say attitude, emotion, relating to the rest of the country etc (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jacksons_Twelfth, Aug 5, 10:43:23
- blimey that`s bit deep for a Sunday morning (Other Sports) - emmaroyds, Aug 5, 10:40:53

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