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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Ciaran, Oct 8, 2015.

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    Shakespeare, Dickens and Wordsworth = English culture

    Burns = Scottish culture
     
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    Increased sales in Hob Nobs
     
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    Ciaran Going for 55

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    And bad teeth.
     
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    Canny beat a good cup of tea...
     
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    Ciaran Going for 55

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    I'm certainly fond of a cup of tea.

    It's my culchure.
     
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    You canny beat a hooker either...well, you can, but it will cost you extra <party>
     
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    Cafe Culture?

    Twinnings English breakfast brewed for at least 4 minutes, half a sugar and some milk. Lovely wi a wee bowl of porridge.
     
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    <laugh>

    Do you actually know anything about Scots culture? You do realise Scots culture has heavily borrowed from the Irish, the Danes, the English, the French and myriad other cultures. Even bagpipes were borrowed from other cultures, yet they are now seen as intrinsically Scots. That's how a country, any country gains culture and tradition, by taking what they like and adapting it to suit, just like the Yanks have done.
     
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    :huh:
     
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    In ya pop, tubby!
     
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    All that afternoon tea bollocks and what have you probably is part of British culture in the same way as fish and chips etc. All a load of pretentious ****e trying to define it if you ask me - which I fully appreciate you didn't!
     
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    English Breakfast Tea? They stole it off the Chinese and the Indians. ****ing culture thieves <whistle>
     
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    Which are made from Oats, hence Scottish and therefore McVities stole some Scottish Culture.
     
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    Catherine of Braganza had one of the 1st cups of tea ever drunk in the UK. She had a brew up on or near the Sally port in old Portsmouth (new portsmouth in them days) before getting banged by Charles 2.

    That's it I'm going back to readi ng the ****ing times.
     
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    Nothing worse than a self-loading Jock.
     
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    Deep Fried Pizza, Mars Bars, heart disease and Irn Bru
     
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    In ya pop Baz.
     
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