# What nationality are you? (multiselection) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392 "2012-06-17T02:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/1 "2012-06-17T02:44:19Z")
please wait for the pole…poll ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/2 "2012-06-17T03:02:04Z")
all done ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/3 "2012-06-17T04:13:27Z")
Point of clarification: Are you asking for our heritage? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/4 "2012-06-17T04:27:46Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Point of clarification: Are you asking for our heritage? No, your citizenship or place you hold PR. I put Nothern Ireland and the non-Continental USA as seperate options, as not every Alaskan or Ulsterman considers themselves American or British ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/5 "2012-06-17T05:07:09Z")
Why is Italy listed twice? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/6 "2012-06-17T05:10:32Z")
I’m a US national, but resident of Panama (which is not listed). ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/7 "2012-06-17T05:25:27Z")
Aah crap, I have permanent residency in the UK, so I should have selected UK (GB) and UK (Northern Ireland) as well as New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/8 "2012-06-17T07:41:00Z")
Alaska and Hawaii are no longer U.S. states? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/9 "2012-06-17T12:19:04Z")
I’m a US national ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/10 "2012-06-17T12:21:59Z")
Alaska is considering seceding? Is this over oil or Palin, I haven’t kept up? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/11 "2012-06-17T13:25:03Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Why is Italy listed twice? It most definately is not ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/12 "2012-06-17T13:26:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Alaska is considering seceding? Is this over oil or Palin, I haven’t kept up? I think the other 49 would secede because of Palin ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/13 "2012-06-17T13:32:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Alaska is considering seceding? Is this over oil or Palin, I haven’t kept up? The check bounced, so the Russians repossessed it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/14 "2012-06-17T13:35:52Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > It most definately is not Okay, next question. Why is Italy listed thrice? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/15 "2012-06-17T14:01:02Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > No, your citizenship or place you hold PR. > > I put Nothern Ireland and the non-Continental USA as seperate options, as not every Alaskan or Ulsterman considers themselves American or British Well considering 3 counties of Ulster aren’t even in the UK, you’re absolutely correct. By the way the term Eire is _eiretating_ to a lot of Irish people unless you’re speaking in Irish plus Southern Ireland isn’t a country. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/16 "2012-06-17T14:45:56Z")
I guess I don’t understand the question. What is nationality? Why are Alaska, Hawaii listed separately? If you mean citizenship, why not ask that? Puerto Ricans are US citizens too. Nationality has a somewhat different meaning to me. For example, French Canadians consider themselves to be a separate nationality, although they remain Canadian citizens. It is, in any case, a heavily loaded word. And why is Italy list twice? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/17 "2012-06-17T21:35:19Z")
Yea, why are you lumping Puerto Rico with Alaskans or Hawaiians? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/18 "2012-06-18T00:25:11Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Okay, next question. Why is Italy listed thrice? I drunk too much ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/19 "2012-06-19T09:40:59Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > Yea, why are you lumping Puerto Rico with Alaskans or Hawaiians? Because they are all American states outside the CONUS. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392/20 "2012-06-19T11:45:40Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Because they are all American states outside the CONUS. 1. Puerto Rico is not a state, neither is Guam. Alaska and Hawaii are states. 2. You’re asking for nationality, and I’d said that the Puerto Rican nationality is different from that of Guam, Alaska, and Hawaii. Just because they’re not part of the continental US does not mean they are all the same in terms of nationality. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nationality-are-you-multiselection/625392.md?page=2)