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This is an interesting article, one does run into a lot of Americans who call themselves Irish-American even though their families have been in the USA for two hundred years but one does not hear the term English-American, why ?
This is an interesting article, one does run into a lot of Americans who call themselves Irish-American even though their families have been in the USA for two hundred years but one does not hear the term English-American, why ?
Quite a few Americans very proudly state their English ancestry. I don't know what Americans you have spoken to. The only region in America where English ancestry falls into lower rankings is the upper midwest and Northeast. In the South, it is dominant.
You also have to realize the intermixing that has occurred in this country over the centuries. Particularly among the English, German, and Irish. My biological father (I don't speak to him) has a German last name (his paternal great grandfather was from Germany) and his maternal grandfather was from Germany as well.
I, however, have an English last name (my mother's maiden name. I actually changed it to her's when I was 22 years old). Both of my mother's grandmothers were almost entirely German descended (one of them had a father from Austria). Both of her grandfathers were mostly English descended.
With my English last name, which ancestry should I choose?
I always state American when asked of ancestry. If I HAD to choose one of the two, I would pick English, as that matches my last name. I have a good claim to the German ancestry as well though.
because english colonists were the foundation of the new nation.. a number of generations have passed, where most of us with english ancestry, also have german, dutch, french etc... most all other NON english immigrants stuck together to form their own communities..thus preserving their mother country heritage and identity...
There's also no English festivals in America(except for English literature festivals). There are Welsh festivals or Cornish festivals or Scots-Irish festivals or Scottish festivals or tons of Irish festivals, but there isn't to my knowledge a festival that celebrates the English culture or people of English heritage. I suppose since people of English descent and culture were in the majority for so long, they sort of just took their heritage for granted. I mean you can find English pubs--but there's no "Little England" (or Wee Britain) neighborhoods.
For people who move to the USA from England in modern times--usually they're seen as educated professionals--so there's a certain expectation that while the US might be curious and different culturally in some ways--it shouldn't be hard for them to assimilate if they'd like--but nor are they really required to do much work to assimilate--as they're already speaking English and we share a good deal in terms of culture.
Actually there are, the ones I know who want a title think of themselves as Anglo-Americans.
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