: Nope, it's just a general ingrained pissoffedness at people (particularly
: tourists) mispronouncing Edinburgh; also Glasgow (the "-ow" is
: like "show" not "cow") and, the cardinal error,
: referring to anywhere in Scotland, or indeed Scotland itself, as being
: "in England".
: I live in Cheltenhamm just now, south-central England, and people do it to
: piss me off on purpose sometimes -- still, I weather it well, content with
: the knowledge that a large fraction of the population down here are very
: keen on a deep scottish accent :P
: [b]
How is Scotland's parliament doing? I don't get much word on that stuff here in America. I am a second generation native here, so many of my kin living here are from the old country. I had to laugh when I read your posts zudo, it reminded me of my family and me.