# Would UK Dopers like to stand up and be counted? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969 "2009-10-24T16:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/1 "2009-10-24T16:23:38Z")
In a thread in GD on a British issue, **Sandwich** said > [@](#): > > _This would probably be a good place to ask if anyone knows of any good forums for discussing British issues. It is weird that we have to come here to debate stuff like this. Unfortunately, every British forum I’ve browsed through has been rubbish beyond parody. (Is it because we’ve already fixed our gun laws, death penalty, abortion, healthcare and religion or what?)_ I’ve always been under the impression that there isn’t a huge UK presence here, and now that so many people are Guests, it’s hard to tell. So, who here is from the UK? ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/2 "2009-10-24T16:31:06Z")
For I myself have said it, And it’s greatly to my credit, That I am an Englishman! For I might have been a Roos-ian, A French, or Turk, or Proo-sian, Or perhaps Ita-lian But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations, I remain an Englishman! AN E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-NGLISH-MAN! Yep, English here. I quite like the American slant of the board. It broadens one’s horizons, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/3 "2009-10-24T16:41:10Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Yep, English here. I quite like the American slant of the board. It broadens one’s horizons, so to speak. Yes, I agree; in fact, I like the international aspect. I was saying in that thread that many threads on UK issues die a fairly early death, mainly, I think because there aren’t many UK Dopers. Hence this thread. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/4 "2009-10-24T17:23:04Z")
another UK’er here ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/5 "2009-10-24T17:25:30Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![ming\_the\_merciless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@ming\_the\_merciless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ming_the_merciless)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/6 "2009-10-24T17:33:46Z")
me too ---
**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:** [October 24, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/7 "2009-10-24T17:59:54Z")
Since this is a poll of sorts, it’s better suited for IMHO than GQ. Colibri ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/8 "2009-10-24T18:20:24Z")
Ich bin auch ein Inselaffe. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/9 "2009-10-24T18:57:07Z")
I’m British rather than English. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/10 "2009-10-24T19:00:00Z")
Would a poll asking for current country of residence not be in order? ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/11 "2009-10-24T20:34:11Z")
Yo. Fo’shizzle. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/12 "2009-10-24T20:43:35Z")
Englishman here, but living in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/13 "2009-10-24T20:59:04Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Englishman here, but living in the USA. me two ---
**Author:** ![BlimeyORiley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BlimeyORiley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlimeyORiley)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/14 "2009-10-24T21:03:17Z")
+1 living in Canada ---
**Author:** ![The\_Why\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@The\_Why\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Why_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/15 "2009-10-24T21:07:40Z")
Fee - Fi - Fo- Fum… I am also English. ---
**Author:** ![SecondJudith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/16 "2009-10-24T22:02:09Z")
Another one here. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/17 "2009-10-24T22:26:03Z")
I’m a Sasanach too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/18 "2009-10-24T22:28:04Z")
I’m from the UK and agree that it’s better to discuss stuff here than on other sites. I’m not sure how the SDMB rules about referring to other boards apply but I know of one British site run by a very reputable organisation that should be good but suffers from the fact that you can’t start threads calling people on the “opinionated joyless arrogance” (as described by Derren Brown the other day) that many posters show. No matter what has been written in a blog or article, in the first half dozen replies will be at least one example of what we here would call “threadshitting”, usually apparently motivated by envy that the original writer is employed as a writer / journalist and the poster isn’t. If the article is written by a woman some young fogey will write something like “utter piffle”, and if it relates to gender issues someone will always write “given all the problems in the world surely it’s not worth wasting time writing about this one.” I know that sort of thing sometimes happens here but it seems harder to get away with it without people recognising it for what it is. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/19 "2009-10-24T22:32:23Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > I’m a Sasanach too. 😃 Sorry to nitpick, but that information isn’t as specific as the OP was asking: the ‘S’ in ‘WASP’, as used across North America, stands for "Sasunnach’, in its English form 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969/20 "2009-10-24T23:49:04Z")
> [@Scheidt-Hoch](#): > > Sorry to nitpick, but that information isn’t as specific as the OP was asking: the ‘S’ in ‘WASP’, as used across North America, stands for "Sasunnach’, in its English form 😃 I’m quoting my Irish passport place of birth. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-uk-dopers-like-to-stand-up-and-be-counted/514969.md?page=2)