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yewberry

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16. Remember, we have very different lines of sight on this.

Reply to MichaelMcGuire (Reply #13)

Sun Jul 1, 2012, 05:03 PM

Jul 2012

I completely understand being an ethnic Scot seeing all Scots as Scots regardless of ethnicity.

However, I'm an ethnic Scot in the US, so almost by definition, here, being a Scot means being an ethnic Scot.

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British, English, Scottish - Who do you think you are? [View all] MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 OP

If the UK votes to leave the EU, will the Scots vote to leave the UK and stay in the EU? FarCenter Jul 2012 #1

We vote in 2014, on the political union. I'm not sure Whitehall will give a vote on the EU anyway.nt MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #3

Cameron to face rebellion over EU plans FarCenter Jul 2012 #7

I don't follow Westminster politics too much. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #10

They'd also need to vote dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #5

Shift+Alt+4 ikri Jul 2012 #8

I tried what you said dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #12

There is a magazine that is popular among the geezer set in UK called THIS ENGLAND. MADem Jul 2012 #2

I couldn't tell you, as a Scot, I'm not English. So I'll take your word for it. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #6

I'm not English either....I just lived over that way and am familiar with some peculiarities of the MADem Jul 2012 #19

I could tell by the title, sounds like a play on "This is England" they don't take kindly. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #22

I think it's from the Richard II speech muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #23

I'll give it a miss 'This England'. DC Thomson is a large publishing co it doesn't surprise. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #24

Geezers ? This a geezer - dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #14

That's a scream! nt MADem Jul 2012 #18

Almost everything on the Fast Show was. dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #20

Just a shame Brits still regard them as immigrants.. HipChick Jul 2012 #4

I read somewhere that people across the UK are more open than we used to be. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #11

When I think about 'British' vs 'English,' yewberry Jul 2012 #9

To me British is geographical, which has personally been superseded. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #13

I agree - mr blur Jul 2012 #15

Remember, we have very different lines of sight on this. yewberry Jul 2012 #16

Its just Identity it can mean different things to different people. MichaelMcGuire Jul 2012 #17

So true. yewberry Jul 2012 #21