"WAV -- now it all makes sense -- you're essentially an immigrant yourself. I've met lots of 'English' like yourself -- never quite one thing or another. It explains alot about your 'disney' image of 'Englishness'."

Hey - HEY! Watch it there, Mr Orange! As someone who emigrated to England 18 years ago (meaning I've spent nearly half my life here), I am also one of the staunchest critics of Wavey Davey's "world view".

I love England's traditions, but would be the first to gainsay the chocolate box version of England that's occasionally perpetuated by posters to this messageboard. England's diversity will yet be its salvation, IMHO.

Rather than being "neither one thing nor the other", I like to think that we immigrants embody the best of both (or all) of our cultures! :)