Me and Parvati Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 With Alan on this one;Tullynessle,Alford,Aberdeenshire,etc. etc.(This written on the covers of jotters with juvenile smugness, of course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cool Thinker Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I consider myself british and scottish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I consider myself british and scottish. Cool thinkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 cool brittania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelecasterSam Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Scottish first (I'm a bit of a patriot) then a British subject as part of the United Kingdom ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Once you get past Alford, the term for English people is "white settler" which is fucking daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 That's cos Alford folk are a tad unwashed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Once you get past Alford, the term for English people is "white settler" which is fucking daft.There are people that actually use that term? In all seriousness?I'm happy to be called British or Scottish. But I find myself saying Scotland more often than Britain when asked where I'm from.I think that's partly because I think people assume I'm from England if I say Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I consider myself Scottish, I'm proud to be Scottish and feel an identity with this country that I don't have with the rest of Britain.I'm no nationalist, though. Happy to say I'm British on forms etc, I just feel more Scottish than British. Like people said, a lot of it is about culture. I feel almost as much in common with people from New Zealand than from England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davetherave Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 On forms I write Welsh in big red crayon (born and raised in the valleys, where men are men and sheep are nervous) I've lived here for the last 15 years, when I'm overseas if people ask where I'm from I reply Scotland, UK. But if anyone in Scotland asks where I'm from I'll reply Wales (the accent is a bit of a give away, "lovely then isnt it" I lived and worked in englandshire (bristol) for quite a few years, but I never considered myself english? Anyone else had the same feelings when moving about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubbs Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 There are people that actually use that term? In all seriousness? Yes, I've heard locals who proudly state that their family has lived in a certain area for the last 6 generations and refer to any English as white settlers. It's just daft.But these are in places like (S)Lumsden and Rhynie, not particularly nice areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I lived and worked in englandshire (bristol) for quite a few years, but I never considered myself english? Anyone else had the same feelings when moving about?I certainly don't feel Scottish despite living here for over 3 years. It's just a place to live. Definitely won't be living here forever either. Hopefully not longer than another couple of years, or at least until there's more jobs available down south. The English job market has been dried up for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Once you get past Alford, the term for English people is "white settler" which is fucking daft.Settler Watch founder met Alex Salmond - Times Online But these are in places like (S)Lumsden and Rhynie, not particularly nice areas.Ironic if true given that Rhynie is the birthplace of Mackay of Uganda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedo 808 Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Settler Watch founder met Alex Salmond - Times Online Dogshit article. The fact he had once met Alex Salmond has nothing to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Dogshit article. The fact he had once met Alex Salmond has nothing to do with it.Indeed, was just making reference to the "Settlerwatch" organisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 I lived and worked in englandshire (bristol) for quite a few years, but I never considered myself english? Anyone else had the same feelings when moving about?I certainly don't feel Scottish despite living here for over 3 years. It's just a place to live. Definitely won't be living here forever either. Hopefully not longer than another couple of years, or at least until there's more jobs available down south. The English job market has been dried up for a while.You guys must be immune to your new environment.After only 2 months of living here I found myself to be hairier, better at football, unable to work in the middle of the day, knowledgeable of wine, more shouty and generally lazier and more macho. After 2 and a bit years I'm about as Spanish as they come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Over two years for me also, but I wouldn't claim to be Vietnamese quite yet o_O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oedo 808 Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Not all Brits are Scottish but all Scots are British.I'm Scottish and therefore British, but while my Scottish identity has 'markers' that can easily be defined, embraced or rejected, I struggle to do the same with the concept of Britishness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted May 14, 2011 Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 I feel that there are some very Scottish things I identify with but at the same time there are some aspects of our culture I relate to which I find definitely British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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