Tennis G.O.A.T?
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Looks like the pressure / nerves have got to her unless she's injured a stomach muscle. Pretty sure it's the former though.
She's winning points when she takes her time but then goes for outright winners and manages to blow the opportunity.0 -
Covid?0
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It looked a bit like everything suddenly got to her rather than there being an injury as she was moving well enough once a point got going.0
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I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.0 -
She has lived in London since she was two. Which country would you like her to represent?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.3 -
I think Roger Black still is British, but I don't see the relevance here.womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.0 -
In some people's minds you have to be able to trace your family back to the Magna Carta in order to qualify.kingstongraham said:
I think Roger Black still is British, but I don't see the relevance here.womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.0 -
If you have the new blue passport, you're British...0
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I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.0 -
So if someone is born in say, Germany, and 5 days later move and spend the rest of their life in the UK, you would say they are what, German?womack said:
I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.0 -
This was commonplace when we had lots of military based out there. Likewise, Hong Kong and prior to that places like India. Some of the poshest, most British of Brits were born outside the UK. Basing nationality on place of birth is ridiculous.rick_chasey said:
So if someone is born in say, Germany, and 5 days later move and spend the rest of their life in the UK, you would say they are what, German?womack said:
I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.
That said, I'm not a fan of people who emigrate to a country in adulthood and then compete for that country at sport especially when they have represented other countries at junior levels. That's not the case in this situation though.0 -
So Boris Johnson is American and not British?womack said:
I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.0 -
Well you could be, you'd just be choosing not to be.womack said:
I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.
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Boris is a yank.womack said:
I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.
She was there for two years, so born, but not raised. Neither of her parents are Canadian.
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Bit harsh to say that Prince Philip didn't ever really become British.0
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If she wins, nobody will care about how British she might be.
On a related point, remember when Britain's Andy Murray won Wimbledon a few years back, but this year Scotland's Andy Murray got knocked out?
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
I'm a human being of Earth. I am an Earthling. Can't we all just be Earthlings?
Anyway she's being interviewed now and seems fine, which is great.0 -
You, sir, are a pr*ck, quite possibly of the highest order. I'm not sure why everyone else is dancing round the issue.womack said:
I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.
Do you get a special passport to let everyone know?
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The UK changed the rules a few years ago. Being born in the UK is not enough to make you British, you also need parents who live there or are British.1
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Maybe I am but at least I don't resort to personal insults. That must be your skill set.hopkinb said:
You, sir, are a pr*ck, quite possibly of the highest order. I'm not sure why everyone else is dancing round the issue.womack said:
I'm British, born and raised. If I emigrated to Canada and took Canadian citizenship I would still be British. Yes I could obtain a Canadian passport but would never be Canadian.rick_chasey said:
How you define who is British and who isn't?womack said:I'm sorry of this upsets some people, which I know it will, but Romanian father, Chinese mother, born in Canada but we laud her as British, it really is clutching at straws.
About as British as that American sprinter who is now British.
Roger Black was British.
The girl in question is a British citizen, a British passport holder but is not British, she is Canadian by birth.
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Yes, massive skillset. I insult obvious pr*cks. Everyone else, I'm a pussycat.
Honestly. Ask anyone. I've been here ages. I'd do it to your face.
Literally who gives a flying fcuk about her parentage or country of birth unless they're a pr*ck. She was brought up here, she holds a British passport. She's as British as me.0 -
Have you answered any of the people who didn't insult your precious British ego?
Maybe you can bring them down with a withering considered critique of how your being "born and raised" British makes you more British than someone else who is British?0 -
I don't equate how long you have been here makes your opinion any more valid than someone who joined yesterday.0
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You have totally missed the point. I don't make a point of being rude to people. I have been here a long time, I have very rarely been rude to anyone.
Explain why you are more British than someone else who is British, and why it matters.0 -
Never heard of you. Must be new. Sound feisty too.hopkinb said:You have totally missed the point. I don't make a point of being rude to people. I have been here a long time, I have very rarely been rude to anyone.
Explain why you are more British than someone else who is British, and why it matters.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Says the newbie.seanoconn said:
Never heard of you. Must be new. Sound feisty too.hopkinb said:You have totally missed the point. I don't make a point of being rude to people. I have been here a long time, I have very rarely been rude to anyone.
Explain why you are more British than someone else who is British, and why it matters.
And as such, your opinion counts for fuck all.
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What really annoys me is I bet half you c0ck Kn0ckers can't even play tennis. Darts is about the limit.0
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Good forehand and backhand, but my serve is fecking terrible.focuszing723 said:What really annoys me is I bet half you c0ck Kn0ckers can't even play tennis. Darts is about the limit.
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