I assume I’m not the only one who has been in this situation. When you’re in the country you now live in its a simple question to answer but if I’m on holiday in a 3rd country and someone asks this I never know what to answer. If I say the UK then I’m correctly saying my Nationality and as an extension what language I can speak most proficiently but I don’t actually live there. Equally if I say Germany I’m correctly saying where I currently reside but if their reason for asking is for my Nationality then this is wrong and it leads people to wrong assumptions about what language I want things to be in (Tourist Guides etc). Alternatively I can always say “Well I’m British but I live in Germany” but this always seems long winded and like its too much information. So I want to know how you all answer this.
I lived most of my life abroad, with a quarter of a century in the States, where people are obsessed with accents. I always found that question intrusive, even rude, and so goddam tiring - I equal it to “where is the baby due” that very pregnant women constantly get. So, I answer with “why do you ask?” Tit for tat.
Hahahahaha that’s a good one! Yeah that question is so rude. It’s always done in the middle of a conversation about something else. Like "drop everything now and explain to me that you don’t belong here, you outsider "
Like "drop everything now and explain to me that you don’t belong here, you outsider "
Exactly!
my husband and kids are latinos with an italian nationality that live in Spain…
Soy de estados unidos, pero vivo aqui
I’m orignally from the US, but I currently live in y.
🏴 living between 🏴 & 🇪🇸…I just say I am British 🤷🏻♂️ but feel 🇪🇺
Im an existential logotherapist born and raised in England parents originally from Kashmir and Afghanistan living and working in Hanoi Vietnam for the past two years. Just proves how absurd life is.
Where are you from is not where do you live. The question is asking about your origins. You’re from the UK. 🇬🇧 See!
Soy inglese pero vivimos acá hace 6 añnos.
I’m Irish/British - grew up mostly in the UK, but I always just say ‘Irish’ in Croatia. I’m all talked out about Brexit and I can’t be arsed to explain the politics of being ethnically Irish whilst growing up in the UK in the 90s…. (especially to people who were actively fighting a war in the 90s).
Plus Croats generally have a very positive view of Ireland/Irish people so it’s like an automatic ‘oh you’re fine’…. whereas Brits have the same reputation they have in tourist destinations all over Europe (drink too much, spend too little).
I’m from Texas, but I live in Dublin.
Simple enough.
When on holiday I just say, “England” or “The UK”
I’m ethnically Filipino but a British Citizen and most people are happy with the above responses.
Now if someone continues on and asks why I look Asian, then I say, “my parents are from the Philippines.”
You’re sooo overthinking it, OP
I just simply answer where I am actually travel from to that country. Easy, and they will never get the answer they expected!