alan smaill

"Allan Connochie" <conno@conno.greatxscape.net> writes:

I believe too that this is a recent innovation (in the last 10 years?).
AIUI the story is in Debretts, but it's not my habitual reading ... Alan

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allan connochie

On the contrary Article One of the Union Treaty specifically says that the
two kingdoms of England and Scotland will become one kingdom called Great
Britain. This act was passed and has not been revoked.

Allan

tartenknickers9283u4

It pisses me of intensely.
Every American TV show or movie that has someone from "England" has an
English posh accent. Anyone from "Britain" has an English posh accent.
Tony Blair has an English accent.

Scotland is where grounds keeper Willie is from. They couldn't
identify it on a map just like they couldn't with Afghanistan or Iraq.

Who remembers Mrs. Doubt fire? At the end she's doing a kids TV show
talking to a puppet about where she's from - "Island of England".
Either the production team thought Scotland is part of the "Island of
England", or they met some one from England with a Scottish highland
accent.

In response to Sharon: Most of them "Island of Scotland" hits are from
sites blabering on about the Scottish islands, and they're UK website.

Explain to an american that Scotland is part of Britain he'll walk of
thinking you're english.
Explain to an american that Scotland is not part of England he'll walk
of thinking Britain/England must border Scotland.

It's a vicious circle. ****tards like Robin Williams get their "facts"
from TV and then he goes and teaches the american movie-watching
population his bullshit.

Some more googles:
"Scottish and British blood"
"Scotland is part of Britain"

And have a laugh at http://www.command-post.org/2_archives/005289.html
read amazon.COM Braveheart reviews and learn how william wallace was
fighting the "Brits".

tartenknickers9283u4

It pisses me of intensely.
Every American TV show or movie that has someone from "England" has an
English posh accent. Anyone from "Britain" has an English posh accent.
Tony Blair has an English accent.

Scotland is where grounds keeper Willie is from. They couldn't
identify it on a map just like they couldn't with Afghanistan or Iraq.

Who remembers Mrs. Doubt fire? At the end she's doing a kids TV show
talking to a puppet about where she's from - "Island of England".
Either the production team thought Scotland is part of the "Island of
England", or they met some one from England with a Scottish highland
accent.

In response to Sharon: Most of them "Island of Scotland" hits are from
sites blabering on about the Scottish islands, and they're UK website.

Explain to an american that Scotland is part of Britain he'll walk of
thinking you're english.
Explain to an american that Scotland is not part of England he'll walk
of thinking Britain/England must border Scotland.

It's a vicious circle. ****tards like Robin Williams get their "facts"
from TV and then he goes and teaches the american movie-watching
population his bullshit.

Some more googles:
"Scottish and British blood"
"Scotland is part of Britain"

And have a laugh at http://www.command-post.org/2_archives/005289.html
read amazon.COM Braveheart reviews and learn how william wallace was
fighting the "Brits".

allan connochie

Actually this is true but not quite true. Henry VIII left the Palace Of
Westminster in 1512 and from that date it became the home for both the
English "House of Lords" and the English "House of Commons". When the
Scottish parliament dissolved itself the Westminster Parliament then became
the British Parliament. It had to be almost entirely rebuilt in the 19thC
because of a disastrous fire so an English Parliament has never sat in much
of the present structure it's true.

Allan

adam whyte-settlar

That's a bit uncalled for - it's fairly apparent that British isn't his
first language.
A W-S

adam whyte-settlar

"Sharon L. Krossa "No Nonsense"" <skrossa-unn@nonsense.MedievalScotland.org>

At risk of seeming pedantic, may I also point out that 'Britain' is not the
same as 'The U.K.'
A W-S

alan hardie

Maybe so. But he's an idiot. An American of Indian (the sub-continent)
extraction with a pathalogical hatred of all things British.

nusrat rizvi

Pissant is indeed a colloquial phrase meaning something insignificant.
Capital I was meant to signify a particular Island, in this case your
home island you sharer with your English masters.

Your gratitous advise is duly noted but since I do not suffer sleep
depravation I will have to disregard this along with your anemic
attempt at humor.

alan hardie

Colloquial is a term for words used in speech not in writing and a
word like "pissant" cannot be a "phrase". Even if it were a proper
word. And you obviously looked it up to check.

I don't care what it was meant to do - it wasn't necessary in the
context of your sentence. And there is only one "r" in "share".


"Gratuitous advice" is what you meant. And you have misunderstood. The
suggestion that you run off to bed had nothing to do with whether you
suffered sleep deprivation or not. It implied childish behaviour on
your part. And it wasn't intended to be humorous.