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Usenet Posted 17 years ago
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English remarks of Scots used in a derogatory sense.
I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The author claims about English settlers that
"The language used to describe these settlers has been on occasion intemperate, and, at times, insulting. Amongst a lexicon of epithets discovered.. were: white settlers, interluopers, bonglies, guffies, cash crofters, '87 Crash refugees, Sassenachs, dropouts, and FEBs (*** English Bastards) (ibid.p.1)"
What I would like to know is, what kinds of pejoratives are used by BrE speakers about the Scots, especially the Scots settled down in England? I just need at few words and preferable a link or a reference to an issue about this if possible.
"The language used to describe these settlers has been on occasion intemperate, and, at times, insulting. Amongst a lexicon of epithets discovered.. were: white settlers, interluopers, bonglies, guffies, cash crofters, '87 Crash refugees, Sassenachs, dropouts, and FEBs (*** English Bastards) (ibid.p.1)"
What I would like to know is, what kinds of pejoratives are used by BrE speakers about the Scots, especially the Scots settled down in England? I just need at few words and preferable a link or a reference to an issue about this if possible.
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[nq:1]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The author claims about English settlers that "The language used to ... [/nq] 1) Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1755), from memory: Oats: A grain, in England generally given to horses, which in Scotland supports the people.
- [nq:1]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland".
- The author claims about English settlers that "The language used to ...
- [/nq] 1) Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1755), from memory: Oats: A grain, in England generally given to horses, which in Scotland supports the people.
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[nq:1]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The author claims about English settlers that "The language used to ... I just need at few words and preferable a link or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
1) Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1755), from memory:
Oats: A grain, in England generally given to horses, which in Scotland supports the people.
2) The ol
1) Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1755), from memory:
Oats: A grain, in England generally given to horses, which in Scotland supports the people.
2) The ol
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"Dr Peter Young" (Email Removed) skrev i meddelelsen
[nq:2]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The ... or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
[nq:1]1) Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1755), from memory: Oats: A grain, in England generally given to horses, which in Scotland supports ... the Sabbath, and everything else that he can lay his hands on. I now expect a
[nq:2]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The ... or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
[nq:1]1) Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (1755), from memory: Oats: A grain, in England generally given to horses, which in Scotland supports ... the Sabbath, and everything else that he can lay his hands on. I now expect a
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[nq:1]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The author claims about English settlers that "The language used to ... I just need at few words and preferable a link or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
I know this isn't what you are after, but having been brought up in London and still living in the South, I'm not aware of any slang terms used to refer to Scots (whe
I know this isn't what you are after, but having been brought up in London and still living in the South, I'm not aware of any slang terms used to refer to Scots (whe
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[nq:2]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The ... or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
[nq:1]I know this isn't what you are after, but having been brought up in London and still living in the South, I'm not aware of any slang terms used to refer to Scots (whether living down here or not) other than "Scots".[/nq]
There's "jocks" and the rhyming slang of "swea
[nq:1]I know this isn't what you are after, but having been brought up in London and still living in the South, I'm not aware of any slang terms used to refer to Scots (whether living down here or not) other than "Scots".[/nq]
There's "jocks" and the rhyming slang of "swea
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"Brian Cryer" skrev i meddelelsen
[nq:2]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The ... or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
[nq:1]I know this isn't what you are after, but having been brought up in London and still living in the ... think it works both ways.) Whlist I'm sure there are exceptions, they would be the exception and not the rule.[/nq]
Thank yo
[nq:2]I am reading a book "Being English in Scotland". The ... or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
[nq:1]I know this isn't what you are after, but having been brought up in London and still living in the ... think it works both ways.) Whlist I'm sure there are exceptions, they would be the exception and not the rule.[/nq]
Thank yo
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"HVS" (Email Removed) skrev i meddelelsen
[nq:1]On 11 May 2009, Brian Cryer wrote[/nq]
Thank you for your contribution. It is very welcome here.
[nq:1]On 11 May 2009, Brian Cryer wrote[/nq]
Thank you for your contribution. It is very welcome here.
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[nq:1]What I would like to know is, what kinds of pejoratives are used by BrE speakers about the Scots, especially ... I just need at few words and preferable a link or a reference to an issue about this if possible.[/nq]
Not quite what you're looking for, but I remember quite vividly an incident from a visit to England around 1970. At a suburban railway station near London the announcer had a
Not quite what you're looking for, but I remember quite vividly an incident from a visit to England around 1970. At a suburban railway station near London the announcer had a
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[nq:1]On 12 May 2009, mm wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]That they blamed other Scots, rather than the English?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it was more that it was seen as an act of "those in charge" who were traitors ... Scots I've discussed it with) to have been by other Scots working with the hated English but not "conquered".[/nq]
Surely it is the English who have been conquered (by stealth) by the Scots?
[nq:2]That they blamed other Scots, rather than the English?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it was more that it was seen as an act of "those in charge" who were traitors ... Scots I've discussed it with) to have been by other Scots working with the hated English but not "conquered".[/nq]
Surely it is the English who have been conquered (by stealth) by the Scots?
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[nq:2]On 12 May 2009, mm wrote I think it was ... Scots working with the hated English but not "conquered".[/nq]
[nq:1]Surely it is the English who have been conquered (by stealth) by the Scots? After all, we British have a Scottish Prime Minister, and a Scottish Chancellor of the Exchequer. You don't get much more "We're in charge" than that.[/nq]
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the Spea
[nq:1]Surely it is the English who have been conquered (by stealth) by the Scots? After all, we British have a Scottish Prime Minister, and a Scottish Chancellor of the Exchequer. You don't get much more "We're in charge" than that.[/nq]
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the Spea
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[nq:2]On 12 May 2009, mm wrote I think it was ... Scots working with the hated English but not "conquered".[/nq]
[nq:1]Surely it is the English who have been conquered (by stealth) by the Scots? After all, we British have a Scottish Prime Minister, and a Scottish Chancellor of the Exchequer.[/nq]
Not for much longer
John Dean
Oxford
[nq:1]Surely it is the English who have been conquered (by stealth) by the Scots? After all, we British have a Scottish Prime Minister, and a Scottish Chancellor of the Exchequer.[/nq]
Not for much longer
John Dean
Oxford
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