St. George's Day
I was in my home city of Aberdeen this weekend but I came home to England in the wee hours of this morning... The name of the city of Aberdeen is printed clearly on my passport and my driving licence but I have mostly lived in English towns and cities... I have two strong Scottish names but I speak with an English accent... It's hard in some ways when you're born a Scot but bought up as English... I am definitely British, vaguely a Scot but I am certainly dyed-in-the-wool English...
Yes, I am English. St. George is our patron saint and has been for nearly 800 years. And today it is St. George's day, so stand up and be counted all you English. We have done bad, we done good, but we should be proud of our positive achievements and never forget our traditions, we should celebrate our identity, honour and remember the many men and women who have died defending this once-great country and out of respect for them and our own humble selves stand up and take the flag forward.
For St. George, For England !
Oh, and where's our day off?
Yes, I am English. St. George is our patron saint and has been for nearly 800 years. And today it is St. George's day, so stand up and be counted all you English. We have done bad, we done good, but we should be proud of our positive achievements and never forget our traditions, we should celebrate our identity, honour and remember the many men and women who have died defending this once-great country and out of respect for them and our own humble selves stand up and take the flag forward.
For St. George, For England !
Oh, and where's our day off?
Blue Skies thinking @ 4/23/2007 08:30:00 AM
4 Comments:
At Mon Apr 23, 03:25:00 PM,
rebekah said…
ohhh pretty.
and fine. i can play that game too. what green thing? what are you talking about? who are you? why are you here?
At Mon Apr 23, 10:14:00 PM,
Rederick said…
Some of us are truely southern English.
As I ask my colleages, why is Scotland so good, when they're all working down here? (South Coast).
Devolution? The modern day version of Hadrian's Wall
(http://www.hadrians-wall.org/)
;-)
At Tue Apr 24, 09:07:00 AM,
Lever said…
Rebekah: :p
Rederick: Well, the weather has a lot to do with it... even if you live 'oop norf' there's grey skies and rain... that's why we love it 'dan saf' right?
I'm not sure that devolution might be wrong, after all, the new trend of globalisation means that Spaniards run our phones (O2) and airports (BAA), Icelanders, Americans & Russians control football clubs, local hospitals and post offices are shut regularly to become more centralised... Maybe the Scots should control their own destinies, they might be better at it than the English are! :)
BTW My grandmother's house was built on Hadrian's Wall.
At Thu Apr 26, 03:29:00 AM,
Bulbboy said…
Oops, managed to miss that one.
If Scots get a holiday, then England should get a holiday too.
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