I'm not 100% that you're getting my point there. You spoke about 'the years of anti-Scottish prejudice' but I myself and the people concerned with this aren't in the right kind of time for it to be a politically based thing.SuccessAndBiscuts said:
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English, therefore subject to hundred of unfunny stereotypes mostly originating from America. French and Aussies aren't big fans of us either.
Here's the weirdest thing about it though, a lot of English people prejudise (sp?) against themselves. In the area of London I'm from, nearly everybody doesn't admit they're English. They are "irish" or "turkish" despit their great grandparents being the last people in their family to even see these so called coutries of origin. My mum is Italian and my Dad and I are offically Australian, but I've live in the UK most of my life, and I refer to myself as English
Here's the weirdest thing about it though, a lot of English people prejudise (sp?) against themselves. In the area of London I'm from, nearly everybody doesn't admit they're English. They are "irish" or "turkish" despit their great grandparents being the last people in their family to even see these so called coutries of origin. My mum is Italian and my Dad and I are offically Australian, but I've live in the UK most of my life, and I refer to myself as English
I lived in Carlisle for 4 years, arguably the most anti Scottish city in England, and Glasgow for 2, and I have to say the Scots are far more anti-English than vice versa. It's understandable considering the history, but in nearly every part of the country your accent wont change the way people treat you. In fact, from Manchester south, it works in your favour.Vanguard_Ex said:
As for "honouring the currency", that's a stupid thing to say. An extremely high majority vote SNP and are British seperatist. People are welcome to practice their own language as well. Look how well it schemes have launched in Wales and Cornwall. If you feel strongly about that, you should work with it and encourage it. I for one would back you, because history and heritage is very important
If it interests you, my prejudice against the Swiss is a different kind...Sturmdolch said:
I think you've all been too neautral for TOO LONG. You're trying to avert attention, because you're PLANNING SOMETHING
ADMIT IT, SWITZERLAND IS BUILDING THE BOMB!!!!
*Cough*
OT: White, English, in the suburbs...
nope!
Although, I get a bit of friendly stick for my Scottish heritage, though in actual fact, my Scottishness actually attracts more attention from Scottish Nationalists, who annoy me to no end with their arguments. I think independence is a good idea, eventually, but on a point-by-point argument, the ideas they have and the understanding they have of the political system/history/basic common sense is appalling
I got called a hick because I said my older brother use to ride bulls
I was thinking of the exact same songQuaxar said:
Dats not prejudice, men nd women are different, so it stands to reason their good at different things.Yeq said:
Yea I kinda bypassed that but what you have to understand is that it still works both ways, I couldn't blame anyone for what their ancestors did but it did happen and there is a resentment of that that exists outside of politics or even any real understanding.Vanguard_Ex said:
My 10 year old brother was happy that England got knocked out of the world cup but couldn't put together any real reason why when I asked him, it was simply because his friends, family and their/our friends/family felt the same way. Its an ingrained mindset right or wrong and it exists on both sides.
I read this study on cbc a while back, apparently our brains are prejudiced as well.
"People are better at recognizing faces of their own race than faces
of other races1?3. The same-race advantage has been demonstrated
with behavioral studies involving a wide variety of protocols,
face stimuli, participants and cultural settings."
http://dmschreiber.ucsd.edu/Teacher/SubstantiveTeachingAreas/CoursesTaught/Spring2008/192/Readings/Golby%20et%20al%202001.pdf (sorry, it is a PDF)
"People are better at recognizing faces of their own race than faces
of other races1?3. The same-race advantage has been demonstrated
with behavioral studies involving a wide variety of protocols,
face stimuli, participants and cultural settings."
http://dmschreiber.ucsd.edu/Teacher/SubstantiveTeachingAreas/CoursesTaught/Spring2008/192/Readings/Golby%20et%20al%202001.pdf (sorry, it is a PDF)
Yep, I've faced some prejudice before. You have no clue how many times I've been called a "gay jew." Hell, I've even been accused of being racist for the most bullshit reasons.
I can definitely imagine that would happen in Texas. At least in the rural parts. To be honest, I've never watched a rugby game so I wouldn't know how it is.2012 Wont Happen said:
The first paragraph is an opinion and I cant really argue that suffice to say it doesn't match my own experience but then it wouldn't anyway.Verlander said:
The second on the other hand, regardless of how people vote we are still at this time part of the UK so why do I go through hell trying to use Scottish notes south of the border?
Finally, trying to bring back an almost dead language is tricky at best but I personally do what I can when I can to aid the process.
No, very true. It kind of becomes a 'that's just the way it is' kind of mindset, doesn't it.SuccessAndBiscuts said:
You know, my girlfriend and her friends are the same. She had to explain that she has nothing against the English and doesn't care that I am. Her only reasoning was 'I'm Scottish, it's genetic'.