11. EVERYONE Identifies As Irish Or British In Some Way
This is something that makes no sense until you witness a St. Patricks Day celebration in Canadas capital city of Ottawa. St. Patricks day in Canada is arguably one of the biggest drinking holidays of the year, with most of the bars opening early and closing late to allow for as many drinking hours in the day to be spent in the pub. Very few Canadians seem to identify as being Canadian and instead explain that six generations back they are from Ireland or England or Germany or France or somewhere else in Europe. Theyre not wrong as their country was founded on immigration, but for a country that has a lot of national pride, they seem to lack a little bit of national identity. One thing about the USA is that they all seem to be proud to be American.
Thomas is currently a postgraduate student of literature at the University of St. Andrews. He enjoys music and golf in his spare time when he isn't writing. Tom completed his first novel in the summer of 2013 which was published at the start of this year. Next year he is going to be working as a teacher in Dubai, continuing his research, and writing as much as possible. Follow on Twitter @Tom_Andrews91
