Shh, I was trying to get people to project their own biases in reply to my post so that I could call them out without fear of being contradicted
When are you British?
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Robert the Bruce was a Frenchie (Robert de Brus)
Precisely this happened to me, practically word for word - in a farm/campsite by the Garonne river the owner greeted me gruffly when I spat out my hideously accented stock phrase "avez-vous une espace por un tente por un nuit?".
Despite my terrible French and his halting English his previously dour face lit up when he realised that I was Scottish and his entire disposition changed.
The auld alliance still carries some weight after all these centuries.
What a wonderful tale of casual xenophobia mixed with a little racism.
mickle
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mickle
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I was born (to my eternal shame) in England to Scottish parents. That makes me Scottish.
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lost me there.Shh, I was trying to get people to project their own biases in reply to my post so that I could call them out without fear of being contradicted
but at least confirms my idea that questions are good.
and thanks for at least not throwing a hissy fit ot throwing a twitterterm at me daring to ask a question.
that is a game too far.
oldwheels
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We found this also but it also had be understood that we were not German. In Belgium we found English not widely understood but German which my wife spoke was more common. In the north they refused to understand French. We caused major upheaval in Liege at a major junction when I asked a traffic policeman which exit we had to take. When he understood we were not German but Scottish he stopped all traffic and escorted us with our bikes across to the appropriate exit.
Hover Fly
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Back when I lived in France occasionally people would come into the chais and announce "Je swee écossee, pas ornnglais" (subtext, "do I get a discount?") which was met with, if I was serving, by (exaggerated northern accent) "and I'm English, not French" They had obviously missed the ruddy great St. George's cross flag on a pole by the gate.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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What about the southern Irish who bleat on about the green fields of Ireland and how us 'Brits' have persecuted them over the centuries, yet they choose to live here!
It’s becoming a little clearer why your neighbours don’t get along with you and the blokes down the pub might have given you a hard time.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
But you gave them a discount, obviously?
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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Bonnie Prince Charlie was born and raised in Italy (Rome).
Accy cyclist
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Silly comment. Do you seriously think I've put my views about the subject to those thickos below me. As usual,the personal insults come out when you find that someone has the audacity to voice a different opinion to your own and by that I don't mean you personally....if you know what I mean!😏
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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I didn’t insult you.
I’m suggesting that you probably have a knack of saying things that will cause an unwelcome reaction. Or as my dear old mum would say, you could start a fight in an empty hoose.
Accy cyclist
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Yes, i do sometimes speak my mind and not act like a nodding dog. You should try it sometimes.
