CycleChat Investigates - Scotsmen

[Edwardoka]

Robert the Bruce aka Robert Dr Bruis was s Norman.

You can't really hold that against him, the Kingdom of Scotland had undergone Normanisation long before he was around. It started under the Dunkelds, and there was plenty of Norman blood in the Dunkeld line before it fell.

The idea of a "pure" Scotsman is nonsense.

Before the Dunkelds there was a lot of Norwegian and Anglo-Saxon influence and intermarriage. You'd probably have to go back to the 9th century or so to find something resembling "pure" Pictishness, which, in itself, is a mishmash hodgepodge of various Celtic cultures.

 

[Drago]

Indeed, most of the place names and patois from my olde neck of the woods are Scandinavian in origin.

Anyeay, barring an invasion by the vikings, it looks as if a fictitious cartoon chsracter voiced by an American is the greatest Scotsman of all time!

 

[Yellow Fang]

The OP missed John Logie Baird who invented the television, just not the type of television that came to be used. For years I wondered if they meant Yogi Bear, who lived in Yellowstone Park and had a friend called Boo Boo.

 

[Edwardoka]

Indeed, most of the place names and patois from my olde neck of the woods are Scandinavian in origin.

Anyeay, barring an invasion by the vikings, it looks as if a fictitious cartoon chsracter voiced by an American is the greatest Scotsman of all time!

There's nary an animal alive that can ootrun a greased Scotsman!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Robert the Bruce aka Robert Dr Bruis was s Norman.

As indeed was William Wallace - from le Waleis, the Welshman. His family reputedly originated near Oswestry and came to Scotland in the early 12th Century.

 

[Yellow Fang]

The Scots used to do alright for thinkers and doers, but who is my favourite...?
I think I will plump for Graeme Obree until I can think of anyone better.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I used to like Alan Hansen on Match of the Day. I even used to like him as a football player.

 

[Scotty55]

He was created as a homage to Scottish shipbuilding, Scots being great engineers. In reality, he was Canadian & I think born in the same hospital as Shatner, obviously earlier!. BTW, he lost part of a finger in WW2, not that you'd notice it.

Also got a bad knee injury at D-Day, if memory serves. I recall him being interviewed and he said that the shot knee had been repaired and was in better nick than the other one.

 

[Scotty55]

Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I read one of Sir Walter Scott's books, Waverley, this year. Not bad actually, in fact rather good. I did learn Robbie Burns's Ode to a Mouse once, but I have forgotten it now.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I did used to like some of Labour's Scottish politicians. John Smith looked the part before he died. Robin Cook turned out to be right. I liked Alistair Darling. I even quite liked Gordon Brown.

 

[Mr Celine]

A second poll starts tomorrow.Bobby Collins,Billy Bremner,Eddie Gray,David Harvey,Peter Lorimer,Willie Bell,Jim Storrie.Plus Joe Jordan,Gary McAllister,Gordon McQueen.Gordon Strachan.There are a few more but these were my favourites.

I think @pjd57 would be rather miffed that you forgot this one-

 

[captain nemo1701]

My ambition is to retire to Scotland because:

1. Fantastic countryside, natives friendly.
2. Nice dark skies for astronomy.
3. They're pro-EU and generally loathe little Englander Johnson, Farage & the whole Brexit cabal.

 

[Archie_tect]

I'm ever hopeful for a national border realignment- we are approximately five miles north of Hadrian's line and would happily draw his line in permanent marker on the map... or conversely just use NCR72's red route!

 

[pjd57]

I think @pjd57 would be rather miffed that you forgot this one-

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In Scottish sporting terms, that will never be bettered.