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Answer: I am naturalized British.​ While I feel British enough to be able to an.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest What shocking things do most British people not know about Britain? Kingshuk Bandyopadhyay, Mostly harmless Written Sep 10, 2015 I am naturalized British. While I feel British enough to be able to answer this wonderful question I see things sometimes from a foreigner's perspective. Having spoken to m... Read More » How were illegitimate children treated in the Victorian era? Peter Koves Written Dec 29, 2015 My readings seem to indicate that An affair, as understood today, is not the right word. The baronet would simply use the maid for sexual gratification. The maid would have ...  Read More » From a recent session What advice do you have for young travelers (college age)? Tim Urban, Writer/Illustrator and Co-Founder, Wait But Why Written Tue Don’t listen to people who aren’t super into traveling when they tell you that a place is too dangerous to go to—and they will. They’re almost definitely wrong. It’s a bran...  Read More » How much "hard work" does Warren Buffett do? Dan Kanivas, investor, veteran, runner, and bookworm Written Nov 27 See those stacks of paper on the desk in the picture above? Warren Buffett once told a class of Columbia University MBA students that if they wanted to become successful in...  Read More » Why can't the world stage show more respect for US Republicans? Krister Sundelin, Copywriter, game designer, geek Written Nov 30 I’m Swedish, and this is my perception of how we view US Republicans. US in general is perceived as the bully and war-monger of the world and has been for a very long time g...  Read More » How have the British managed to maintain economic supremacy in this day? They no longer have their colonies and the pound sterling is no longer the main reserve currency. Joseph Wang, Chief Scientist, Bitquant Research Written Jul 22, 2015 They haven't maintained economic supremacy. Life in the UK is pretty good, and one reason that the British got out of the empire business was that realized that maintainin... Read More » What is the most ridiculous thing that you have ever convinced someone to believe? Ross Trittipo, Sales Copy Writer (NOT a "copywriter") Written Oct 27 For years, my mother-in-law had the same picture hanging from the wall in her hallway bathroom. Every time I went in there to pee, I’d stare at the darn thing for at least ...  Read More » Is it hard flying a jet? Graham Harrison, Travel, transport and pianos. Updated Feb 22 Let me set you a problem. You've just taken off from Hong Kong on a flight to Europe. Your 747-400 is fully loaded with passengers, fuel and freight; you're pretty well...  Read More » Why did Hitler take cyanide and shoot himself? Sean White, Professional Idiot Written Nov 24 According to some historians, he initially chose to take the cyanide because he believed that it would kill him fairly quickly. However, he felt that it was taking too long...  Read More » Why do Americans work more than Europeans? Thomas L. Johnson, studied at University of Trier Written Oct 19 Americans work harder because they live by another metric than most Europeans. I have heard very few Americans bragging about making a decision based solely on “quality of ...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.