Where are you from?

[daviejones]

Actually it doesn't
I can honestly say that in all my years all of the Scots I have met socially and in the workplace have been made welcome...without exception.
Whereas on all of my visits to Scotland physical threats,abusive tone and content of conversations seem to be pretty much the norm up there...it's as if the only way to define who you are, is in terms of how much you hate the English.

smacks of insecurity

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I

Maybe it is just you? I have never really seen any Englishman made to feel unwelcome in Scotland...apart from the once but he was very drunk and it was after a rugby match. He started a fight and was made to feel unwelcome but that is a different story.

Maybe it is just the attitude you project.

[r0bly0ns]

Actually it doesn't
I can honestly say that in all my years all of the Scots I have met socially and in the workplace have been made welcome...without exception.
Whereas on all of my visits to Scotland physical threats,abusive tone and content of conversations seem to be pretty much the norm up there...it's as if the only way to define who you are, is in terms of how much you hate the English.

smacks of insecurity

.

I

I spent 6 months in Aberdeen and 6 Months in Perth a few years ago and was made to feel very welcome in both places.

And I was in Perth during a footy world cup

[snaw]

Whereas on all of my visits to Scotland physical threats,abusive tone and content of conversations seem to be pretty much the norm up there...it's as if the only way to define who you are, is in terms of how much you hate the English.

smacks of insecurity
I

It goes on, but if it's happening to you all the time I'd suggest that maybe the problem is you. I've got plenty of English mates who live in Scotland, and a few who've gone up their with me and it's pretty rare that any of them them has the issues you mention. Banter for sure, but I get that on an almost daily basis in London, I take it for what it is - harmless.

[scooterscot]

When I live in Scoltand I'm British, when I live/work outside the UK I'm Scottish, it's good for business...

[Churchill]

According to Churchill it only happens in Scotland...

Wrong, I merely said that Scotland was full of in-bred NEDs. I didn't say that it was a Scots problem alone.

Would you like Salt and Vinegar on your chip?

[daviejones]

Wrong, I merely said that Scotland was full of in-bred NEDs. I didn't say that it was a Scots problem alone.

Would you like Salt and Vinegar on your chip?

Get back in your car and keep nodding doggie...

[Churchill]

Get back in your car and keep nodding doggie...

Well, that retort certainly put me in my place.

Churchill - In "Suitably chastised" mode!

[daviejones]

Well, that retort certainly put me in my place.

Churchill - In "Suitably chastised" mode!

Good...and if you are a good dog, you can have a biscuit...

[Churchill]

Good...and if you are a good dog, you can have a biscuit...

You can shove your biscuits up your arse!

I react much better to a soothing voice and a kind word - preferably from the fairer sex.

[Troll]

looks like the Poles are getting it too
http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...&id=1008732007


http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...&id=1326042007

Anti-English racists 'pick on youngsters in Capital'
Youngsters in the Capital are being victimised by anti-English racists, an MSP claimed today.

Labour's George Foulkes said the problem had to be "nipped in the bud" before it escalated.

He called for schools to help combat anti-English sentiments by emphasising Scotland and England's shared history, instead of the battles between them.

Mr Foulkes said he had recently been contacted by a father concerned about verbal abuse towards his two sons.

He said: "It's not the first time people have spoken to me about this problem in Edinburgh, where we do have quite a number of people who have come up from England to live."

He said the reports he had received were mainly of children being subjected to insulting comments either at or on the way to school. But he said he also had anecdotal evidence of incidents where adults had been targeted.

"Some are passing comments that can be shrugged off," he said. "It is where a person - particularly a child - is picked on that it can be much more hurtful.

"I don't want to imply it's a huge problem, but if it's not nipped in the bud there's a danger it could escalate."

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...&id=1045452006

Football fan's cinema terror
A DISABLED football fan has spoken of his terror at being attacked by anti-England thugs for wearing a David Beckham shirt.

Two men assaulted vulnerable Brett Clark, who is 19 but has the mental age of a 12-year-old, outside a Vue cinema in Edinburgh.

The thugs spotted him heading in to watch the film on his own and shouted: "English b******."

Mr Clark said: "I was really scared because I knew when the film finished I would be outside and so would they."

When the film was over his worst fears were confirmed.

"One of the lads grabbed my shoulder and punched me in the face," he said.

He fled to his sister Brooke's house and she called the police.

She said: "Brett thinks Becks is a hero. It's horrible to think of him sitting alone, scared of what would happen when he left."

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...&id=1296332006

THE number of anti-English incidents in Scotland rose substantially during the 2006 World Cup, according to figures released by Scotland's leading race equality body.