tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post122538140698411312..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: NOW THAT IT'S ALL OVER....Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-37101110864479192302014-08-10T00:40:44.925+01:002014-08-10T00:40:44.925+01:00Thanks Wilson for your articles.
I was once save...Thanks Wilson for your articles. <br /><br />I was once saved, in Morocco, when I was just a kid, by being Scottish.<br /><br />Some nut job jumped me and said something in guttural french that I didn't really understand, but certainly ended in "Anglais".<br /><br />Somehow I had the presence of mind to not only insist that I was NOT Anglais, but Ecossais, but to do it in an outraged manner, and in French. (I must have been a lot cooler when I was a teenager; I'd probably go to jelly now!)<br /><br />In any case, he took the knife away from my neck and told me that his brother worked in Glasgow and that il aimait bien les gentils écossais...<br /><br />In fact he was a nice guy and we talked for ages about Scotland and Morocco.<br /><br />We are rather a popular lot around the world...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-60639177807532163082014-08-10T00:35:04.703+01:002014-08-10T00:35:04.703+01:00Helena... Yes. it all changed in the 70s, I think....Helena... Yes. it all changed in the 70s, I think. <br /><br />Wasn't it Heath who wanted the country to be like one, so he tried to force a whole pile of English things on Scotland, like regionalisation. That worked so well that they had to undo it all 20 years later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-10542768229367083012014-08-06T02:33:20.151+01:002014-08-06T02:33:20.151+01:00Commenters,
Thanks for all your kind comments.
O...Commenters,<br /><br />Thanks for all your kind comments.<br /><br />Over the years between traveling for work and for interest, I've been taken for several nationalities. I've been called the "E" word, often Irish, more often than you might imagine an Australian or New Zealander. The one I enjoyed most is once when I was in Oslo, an engineer lad I was working with spoke to me in Norwegian (in which I have a survival vocabulary) after a meeting in english. I explained I didn't snakker norsk. He was most confused - he said I sounded like a west coast Norwegian speaking english.<br /><br />Something on our recognition in foreign...... When I was a lad, I did a bit of hitch-hiking. On one lift a guy gave me a piece of outstanding advice. He said when I traveled I should always have some tartan about me. I've taken him at his word, and it has worked to my advantage on may occasions over the years. There's always a tartan scarf in my travel bag.<br /><br />As for our national shame. Come the day, I don't want a change of name on the wall and names on doors, I don't even want a new Scottish broadcaster with a similar format name, as if we were trying to ape that lot. I want a Scottish broadcaster who is bright, energetic, perceptive, ambitious, challenging, honest, who reflects all Scots home and abroad, women & men, all sorts, and who tells us about ourselves and everybody else. And we'll all be astonished and delighted.<br /><br />All the Best<br /><br />Wilson<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-41951856481035846892014-08-05T13:19:14.707+01:002014-08-05T13:19:14.707+01:00That was for Tris regarding BBC behaviour.That was for Tris regarding BBC behaviour.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930463301985234273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-73082099400438040882014-08-05T13:18:46.863+01:002014-08-05T13:18:46.863+01:00So my Husband said, and considering what they have...So my Husband said, and considering what they have been up to I believe that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930463301985234273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-26804523959756117442014-08-05T13:18:03.563+01:002014-08-05T13:18:03.563+01:00Cultural imperialism Tris, we have suffered from i...Cultural imperialism Tris, we have suffered from it in every increasing amounts every since we got Television. I am old enough to remember when Scotland did not hold Christmas for instance, my Dad worked that day. As a kid I used to open my presents when he was having breakfast before going out. It has got worse and worse, now they think they should handle everything.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930463301985234273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-9636316020698420402014-08-05T12:38:20.067+01:002014-08-05T12:38:20.067+01:00Yep. It's not Scottish BBC, its the Scottish b...Yep. It's not Scottish BBC, its the Scottish branch office of the London BBC. Nothing of course in the world matches the London arts scene.<br /><br />So much moaning about how people from Europe or the sub continent, or Caribbean, come here and bring their culture and their habits with them. So little about how London has infiltrated everything ... the North of England, Wales and Scotland, and probably NI too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-42470370188358590012014-08-05T12:22:56.229+01:002014-08-05T12:22:56.229+01:00There was a furore (a word I like to peddle out as...There was a furore (a word I like to peddle out as much as I can) when Alisdair Gray wrote about colonists & settlers in the arts - namely English folk coming up to Scotland and instead of settling in and developing Scottish are, they were colonising and repressing it.<br /><br />I don't remember where I read it, but an English lady promoted to a position high in Scottish Arts (in the BBC from memory) hadn't heard of prominent Scottish arts figures even philistines like myself know pretty well. (I wish I could remember where I read that, a Scottish writer (probably quite well known) was trying to get something on the BBC in Scotland. He got the impression the English BBC stooge had no clue so asked what she thought about a specific Scottish arts figure - she didn't know who it was. Even I'd heard of the person mentioned.)<br /><br />So its fair to say England colonised Pacific Quay on behalf of our larger neighbour for the duration.pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-61938070520745944452014-08-05T12:13:01.281+01:002014-08-05T12:13:01.281+01:00It's terrible the way we lost our language to ...It's terrible the way we lost our language to English. <br /><br />I've read a lot about Scots in its various dialects on Wiki. I'd no idea that it was so different from English.<br /><br />Wish I knew more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-34387890016136022422014-08-05T10:48:10.260+01:002014-08-05T10:48:10.260+01:00Mushrooms probably!Mushrooms probably!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-13010497891028176372014-08-05T10:47:38.472+01:002014-08-05T10:47:38.472+01:00Where, apart from 1984, did that come from Niko?Where, apart from 1984, did that come from Niko?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-53046533281479051052014-08-05T10:46:22.484+01:002014-08-05T10:46:22.484+01:00Did the BBC really do that?
Crivens. It must be t...Did the BBC really do that?<br /><br />Crivens. It must be the lack of money caused by people all over the country cancelling their payments.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-21680755297496399852014-08-04T22:52:55.528+01:002014-08-04T22:52:55.528+01:00Decent whiskey?Decent whiskey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-1912485724318269032014-08-04T21:28:23.762+01:002014-08-04T21:28:23.762+01:00Och Niko, are you mellowing?Och Niko, are you mellowing?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930463301985234273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-34298940026464389452014-08-04T21:27:44.613+01:002014-08-04T21:27:44.613+01:00I just thought I would add that I thought it was a...I just thought I would add that I thought it was a very interesting article by Wilson and at least he also added the silver and bronze totals to Scotland, the BBC felt it was too generous a total for us, so they missed them out. Thought I would add we, Hubby and I have been mistaken for Germans by Germans, and Croatians when it was Yugoslavia, we have also been thought as German by the English as well. Husband is tall and was fair haired and I am short and a bit tubby and fair haired, lost the red a few years ago, The Italian that thought we were English got disabused probably less kindlier than you did Tris.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930463301985234273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-46436228412639423042014-08-04T21:24:47.654+01:002014-08-04T21:24:47.654+01:00conan
You mean your not French then............c...conan <br /><br />You mean your not French then............cor blimey. luv a duck, me old china<br />nikonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-80036063737173714702014-08-04T21:21:49.052+01:002014-08-04T21:21:49.052+01:00
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth...<br /><br />In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.<br />George Orwell-nikonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-85812240450484560332014-08-04T20:39:12.770+01:002014-08-04T20:39:12.770+01:00Ít could have something to do with; I'm 6'...Ít could have something to do with; I'm 6', bald headed (not through choice) and had a denim jacket on. <br />As for the way I sound, my granny was fluent in auld Scots, my mother and father, were pretty fluent as well. It was never banned in our home, it was at school, but most of the teachers I had, spoke Scots and were proud to do so. I sadly can't remember a lot of the Words, I once knew, but if you've ever read Burns, you'll get the idea. It's not just the words though, there's the grammar and syntax; completely different from the modern English.<br />JimnArleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-22748464035265967842014-08-04T20:37:23.989+01:002014-08-04T20:37:23.989+01:00Oui, it sharley is.
A am sur zat you plaid ze par...Oui, it sharley is.<br /><br />A am sur zat you plaid ze part verrrry well, quand meme!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-73107881986894668942014-08-04T20:26:33.919+01:002014-08-04T20:26:33.919+01:00My brother and I were once mistaken for French in ...My brother and I were once mistaken for French in London, by New Zealanders.<br /><br />It's a sair fecht...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-76690271026964406532014-08-04T19:46:04.274+01:002014-08-04T19:46:04.274+01:00Och it was a waste. I looked up and found out that...Och it was a waste. I looked up and found out that if you only use the thing to watch dvds, which I do, you don't need to pay... so I emailed them and told them to stop my payments as of now.<br /><br />I used to get threatening letters when I HAD a licence, so it won;t make any difference to me.<br /><br />My pal got a call from them and he was pretty hard on the phone and told them to stop hassling him, and if they wanted access to his home they should bring a sheriff officer and police with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-3448469378702046782014-08-04T19:43:37.507+01:002014-08-04T19:43:37.507+01:00Ha ha... I've been taken for English... and ev...Ha ha... I've been taken for English... and even Swiss (I think because I speak french more slowly than a native...as do the Swiss), but never a Russian.<br /><br />One of my best mates is Bulgarian, and we got to know each other at the gym, because he was talking English with a strong accent to a mate he was exercising with... and I said "Je crois que je reconnais votre accent". He replied that his accent was in fact Bulgarian!!!<br /><br />So my much fabled ear for an accent was well out that day!<br /><br />I'm gonna have to research an Ayrshire brogue. Must be some sound.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-6970955638294336642014-08-04T19:37:24.560+01:002014-08-04T19:37:24.560+01:00Good on ya, Tris. I stopped paying mine two years ...Good on ya, Tris. I stopped paying mine two years ago. The threatening letters have started again. :-)Jutemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061671774494923407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-92159387869351408302014-08-04T19:21:45.667+01:002014-08-04T19:21:45.667+01:00I was in Italy once, Turin and Aqui Termi to be p...I was in Italy once, Turin and Aqui Termi to be precise, I was asked if I was Russian. To be fair, I have a rather strong Ayrshire brogue, once I explained I was from Scotland they were over joyed.<br />JimnArleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-26162682528649750732014-08-04T19:14:24.111+01:002014-08-04T19:14:24.111+01:00He he he
JimnArleneHe he he<br />JimnArleneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com