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56+++++the scots are great inventors of names for each other
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56+++++the scots are great inventors of names for each other in scotland, we call folk from the highlands and islands ''shoochters'' except for the isle of lewis where they're all ''wee-frees'' cos their church is the free protestant church; the highlanders refer to the non-gael as ''sassenach'', while the same term is used by scots to refer to the english in scotland you're ''hen'' or ''doll''if you're female (you work it out, which is which) ''sonny'' or ''jimmy'', ''pal'' or ''bam''/''bamster'' if you're male and if you're from edinburgh, glaswegians say of you that when visited unexpectedly in the afternoon, you open your front door with the words, ''hello, you'll have had your tea, then'' the following verse inspired by messrs Burns and Mcgonagall, i used, for a cassette invitation to a Burn's supper some years ago The Belgians eat chocolate and chips, The French drink brandy and wine, The Greeks eat strange-tasting dips, But the Scots are aye fu' the whole time..... It's bratwurst for Germans and bacon for Danes; Roast beef of old England, paella for Spain; The Portuguese gorge on wee herrings in brine....... But as for the Scots, they're aye fu' the whole time The Dutch have their cheese and occasional sprats In Luxemburg city, the eat bureaucrats..... The Irish have tatties, the Italians wine but the Scots, as for them, they're aye fu' the whole time don't know what i'd write if i had to include romania, slovenia or the baltic states!! |
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