“English origin person” vs. “Person of English origin”
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Is it correct to say:
He is an English origin person
Rather than:
He is a person of English origin
I am looking for a short way to differentiate between persons of English origin, as opposed to immigrants or their descendants. I can't use English born because descendants are also English born.
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Is it correct to say:
He is an English origin person
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He is a person of English origin
I am looking for a short way to differentiate between persons of English origin, as opposed to immigrants or their descendants. I can't use English born because descendants are also English born.
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Is it correct to say:
He is an English origin person
Rather than:
He is a person of English origin
I am looking for a short way to differentiate between persons of English origin, as opposed to immigrants or their descendants. I can't use English born because descendants are also English born.
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Is it correct to say:
He is an English origin person
Rather than:
He is a person of English origin
I am looking for a short way to differentiate between persons of English origin, as opposed to immigrants or their descendants. I can't use English born because descendants are also English born.
single-word-requests adjectives attributive-nouns
single-word-requests adjectives attributive-nouns
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"English origin person" sounds awkward to a native speaker. "Person of English origin" is better but still clunky, and also sounds more like something you would say of an emigrant - as in, Rupert lives in Australia, but he is of English origin.
If you want to specify people of English ancestry and heritage, one option I've heard is anglo:
An English person or person of English ancestry.
Since that can have multiple meanings, however (here in Canada, an anglo is an anglophone regardless of background), you could get more specific and say Anglo-Saxon:
A person of English ethnic descent.
answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
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Note that Anglo-Saxon excludes Welsh, Scottish, and Cornish people, who are in no way immigrants to the United Kingdom. So I don't think this is the word the OP is looking for.
– Peter Shor
Nov 16 at 14:16
@PeterShor I suppose it depends on whether the asker does want to single out "English" as opposed to "United Kingdom". I'm not positive there is a non-historically-fraught blanket term for all those; regardless, I removed the reference to immigration.
– Alan T.
Nov 16 at 16:03
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"English origin person" sounds awkward to a native speaker. "Person of English origin" is better but still clunky, and also sounds more like something you would say of an emigrant - as in, Rupert lives in Australia, but he is of English origin.
If you want to specify people of English ancestry and heritage, one option I've heard is anglo:
An English person or person of English ancestry.
Since that can have multiple meanings, however (here in Canada, an anglo is an anglophone regardless of background), you could get more specific and say Anglo-Saxon:
A person of English ethnic descent.
answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
801113
Note that Anglo-Saxon excludes Welsh, Scottish, and Cornish people, who are in no way immigrants to the United Kingdom. So I don't think this is the word the OP is looking for.
– Peter Shor
Nov 16 at 14:16
@PeterShor I suppose it depends on whether the asker does want to single out "English" as opposed to "United Kingdom". I'm not positive there is a non-historically-fraught blanket term for all those; regardless, I removed the reference to immigration.
– Alan T.
Nov 16 at 16:03
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up vote
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down vote
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"English origin person" sounds awkward to a native speaker. "Person of English origin" is better but still clunky, and also sounds more like something you would say of an emigrant - as in, Rupert lives in Australia, but he is of English origin.
If you want to specify people of English ancestry and heritage, one option I've heard is anglo:
An English person or person of English ancestry.
Since that can have multiple meanings, however (here in Canada, an anglo is an anglophone regardless of background), you could get more specific and say Anglo-Saxon:
A person of English ethnic descent.
answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
801113
Note that Anglo-Saxon excludes Welsh, Scottish, and Cornish people, who are in no way immigrants to the United Kingdom. So I don't think this is the word the OP is looking for.
– Peter Shor
Nov 16 at 14:16
@PeterShor I suppose it depends on whether the asker does want to single out "English" as opposed to "United Kingdom". I'm not positive there is a non-historically-fraught blanket term for all those; regardless, I removed the reference to immigration.
– Alan T.
Nov 16 at 16:03
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
"English origin person" sounds awkward to a native speaker. "Person of English origin" is better but still clunky, and also sounds more like something you would say of an emigrant - as in, Rupert lives in Australia, but he is of English origin.
If you want to specify people of English ancestry and heritage, one option I've heard is anglo:
An English person or person of English ancestry.
Since that can have multiple meanings, however (here in Canada, an anglo is an anglophone regardless of background), you could get more specific and say Anglo-Saxon:
A person of English ethnic descent.
answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
801113
"English origin person" sounds awkward to a native speaker. "Person of English origin" is better but still clunky, and also sounds more like something you would say of an emigrant - as in, Rupert lives in Australia, but he is of English origin.
If you want to specify people of English ancestry and heritage, one option I've heard is anglo:
An English person or person of English ancestry.
Since that can have multiple meanings, however (here in Canada, an anglo is an anglophone regardless of background), you could get more specific and say Anglo-Saxon:
A person of English ethnic descent.
answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
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edited Nov 16 at 16:01
answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
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answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
801113
answered Nov 16 at 12:46
Alan T.
801113
801113
Note that Anglo-Saxon excludes Welsh, Scottish, and Cornish people, who are in no way immigrants to the United Kingdom. So I don't think this is the word the OP is looking for.
– Peter Shor
Nov 16 at 14:16
@PeterShor I suppose it depends on whether the asker does want to single out "English" as opposed to "United Kingdom". I'm not positive there is a non-historically-fraught blanket term for all those; regardless, I removed the reference to immigration.
– Alan T.
Nov 16 at 16:03
add a comment |
Note that Anglo-Saxon excludes Welsh, Scottish, and Cornish people, who are in no way immigrants to the United Kingdom. So I don't think this is the word the OP is looking for.
– Peter Shor
Nov 16 at 14:16
@PeterShor I suppose it depends on whether the asker does want to single out "English" as opposed to "United Kingdom". I'm not positive there is a non-historically-fraught blanket term for all those; regardless, I removed the reference to immigration.
– Alan T.
Nov 16 at 16:03
Note that Anglo-Saxon excludes Welsh, Scottish, and Cornish people, who are in no way immigrants to the United Kingdom. So I don't think this is the word the OP is looking for.
– Peter Shor
Nov 16 at 14:16
Note that Anglo-Saxon excludes Welsh, Scottish, and Cornish people, who are in no way immigrants to the United Kingdom. So I don't think this is the word the OP is looking for.
– Peter Shor
Nov 16 at 14:16
@PeterShor I suppose it depends on whether the asker does want to single out "English" as opposed to "United Kingdom". I'm not positive there is a non-historically-fraught blanket term for all those; regardless, I removed the reference to immigration.
– Alan T.
Nov 16 at 16:03
@PeterShor I suppose it depends on whether the asker does want to single out "English" as opposed to "United Kingdom". I'm not positive there is a non-historically-fraught blanket term for all those; regardless, I removed the reference to immigration.
– Alan T.
Nov 16 at 16:03
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