I assume I’m not the only one who has been in this situation. When you’re in the country you now live in its a simple question to answer but if I’m on holiday in a 3rd country and someone asks this I never know what to answer. If I say the UK then I’m correctly saying my Nationality and as an extension what language I can speak most proficiently but I don’t actually live there. Equally if I say Germany I’m correctly saying where I currently reside but if their reason for asking is for my Nationality then this is wrong and it leads people to wrong assumptions about what language I want things to be in (Tourist Guides etc). Alternatively I can always say “Well I’m British but I live in Germany” but this always seems long winded and like its too much information. So I want to know how you all answer this.
I’m Irish/British - grew up mostly in the UK, but I always just say ‘Irish’ in Croatia. I’m all talked out about Brexit and I can’t be arsed to explain the politics of being ethnically Irish whilst growing up in the UK in the 90s…. (especially to people who were actively fighting a war in the 90s).
Plus Croats generally have a very positive view of Ireland/Irish people so it’s like an automatic ‘oh you’re fine’…. whereas Brits have the same reputation they have in tourist destinations all over Europe (drink too much, spend too little).