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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to say. If you are of mixed parentage (one of whom is / was English) that does not make you "half" anything from a nationality perspective. Nationality is determined by place of birth so effectively (assuming you were born in Wales) you can be Welsh / British but I don't believe you can be "half English".
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That's up to you and your view but I think everyone else will understand what I mean.
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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
Xenophobia is a lot more wide ranging than you think. It's not limited solely to "people and nationality".
On that basis then yeah, by fear of an exportation of the patois dialect you are keeping xenophobia alive and well.
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Thanks for the clarification - and I won't waste any sleep worrying about it. I'm all for preservation of the British/English dialect. I accept there will be evolutions of it over time but I'm against such rapid b@stardisation of it such as what we have seen over the last 10-20 years and I don't just mean from Jamaica. I can't stand pointless Americanisms either.
If wanting to keep my national language as well-preserved as possible makes me 'xenophobic' then I won't worry about it. It doesn't affect how I interact with people of other nations so it's no real big issue to anyone other than those who choose to make it so.