I'm one of the fortunate few, able to claim the great privilege of dual nationality being born in London of Welsh parents. Probably explains why I'm sometimes perplexed when the whole nationality thing is taken too seriously, in my humble opinion. This *light hearted* exchange on the BBC's flagship Today programme last week may help to put it in perspective since it has 2 prominent broadcasters being able to banter about it publically. ########## Today presenter James Naughtie was surprised to learn that underneath his obvious Scottish-ness, he's actually English ! Tests on his DNA showed his origins to be Anglo Saxon. "He's English," quipped John Humphrys . "At least I'm not Welsh," Naughtie retorted. "He's one of those little black gnomes from Brittany," jibed Naughtie at his sparring partner. "I'm going to go to the CRE," threatened Humphrys. "Someone make the call for me..............." ############## Mind you, as someone with a bland 'South East England ' accent I'm inexplicably irritated when hearing a heavily Scottish accent pronouncing the word 'food' in some tv advert or other :-) I speak 'tongue in cheek' of course - as a Welsh/Englishman (Oh, definitely that way round!) I like the Scots (and the Irish) and regional accent has nothing whatsoever to do with nationality. I've just reported the facts as light heartedly as possible - without making an issue out of it. The last thing I want is a list exchange on nationality, so please just assume that the list admin wouldn't either. Gareth Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html Cwmgors/Waun http://www.tytwp.plus.com/Waun/Waun.html