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You're half-English half-Greek, aren't you?Sorry, I forgot about this comment.
I don't feel much deep connection with English but I would be offended if either of those where to happen, either suggesting those examples are not definitive proof that one cares about their language or that sub-consciously I do care about English as a facet of my national identity more than I realize. In the first case I feel it would strip my country of recognition and attention it deserves like it would make the country less relevant, English being spoken across the world is a trophy of colonial and historical achievement to some extent. Having it's name stamped on the worlds largest language seems like a bad thing to loose, it's like a perpetual advertisement. As for the second example I think it would be a little rude if they didn't speak our language, not speaking how we speak in our own country is an inconvenience to us irrespective of what that language is. Although I would have to agree that the English language is part of the package of Englishness, as demonstrated by the fact that Americans (who are usually more conservative) are not as anal about people speaking it in their country, so yes I agree with you, but still think that pride in our language is not a feature of English culture, unlike the French though such 'pride' may emerge when it's 'attacked' as per your examples.
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