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Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: The Masters 2013
« Reply #60 on: June 17, 2013, 02:25:03 PM »
Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

Offline lovejoy

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Re: The Masters 2013
« Reply #61 on: June 17, 2013, 02:29:24 PM »
John McEnroe's German?

Offline Chris Jameson

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Re: The Masters 2013
« Reply #62 on: June 17, 2013, 02:52:31 PM »
Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

The cricket and athletics teams would be well and truly fucked if that were the case.

Offline eastie

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Re: The Masters 2013
« Reply #63 on: June 17, 2013, 03:04:14 PM »
Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

Not all all, i am just asking a question.
« Last Edit: June 17, 2013, 03:08:03 PM by eastie »

Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: The Masters 2013
« Reply #64 on: June 17, 2013, 03:18:15 PM »
Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

Are you saying that no kids born to ex-pat English parents can claim to be English?

Not all all, i am just asking a question.

Okay, the answer is yes, we certainly can claim him as an English winner.

Offline eastie

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Re: The Masters 2013
« Reply #65 on: June 17, 2013, 04:51:40 PM »
Fair enough !

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Re: The Masters 2013
« Reply #66 on: June 17, 2013, 07:18:43 PM »
Can we really claim him as an English winner though when he was born in Johannesburg?

My kids were born in Virginia.  Their passports and their certificates of birth most definitely say they are British.

 


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