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I had an interesting experience working in Scotland for a few months. Went to the local pub regularly since their wasn't much else to do (borders). People weren't very friendly at all, especially in the pub. I figured they didn't like outsiders.

Watched a six nations game on the tele in the pub one Saturday and I was heard cheering loudly and somewhat drunkenly for the Welsh rugby tram.

Barman said to me 'so ure not English then?'.

I replied 'no, Welsh'.

From that day on until the end of my stay I was treated like a completely different person.

I imagine this doesn't always happen, but in some places your place of birth does matter in the UK.

To be fair, we Welsh aren't exactly that friendly to the English either, but we have the following viewpoint:

  We don't hate the English. We just pity them for not being Welsh. :-)

[arethuza]

That's the "Anyone But England" phenomena:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8733373.stm