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Plum said:
Was in Thetis Island, just north of Salt Spring in 2019. Went to the island’s Xmas ‘do’ in the Community Hall. Walked in and heard a Hull accent, absolutely unmistakeable. Turns out the owner of it, a lady in her 70’s, had lived there for 30-odd years. She was born in Boulevard, Hull, 200m from where I was brought up. I asked her if she ever went back, she said she’d been back a few years earlier, thought Hessle Road was **** and full of P***s. Conversation didn’t last long after that…
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Why? You think Hessle Road is a more desirable place to live than Oxford?
 
Plum said:
Because the lady in question was a small-minded, bigoted and generally unpleasant person.
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I know you were referring to her shortening the name of the country people were from. (I originally meant to put a laughing emoji to acknowledge my reply was light hearted). I am sure Hessle Road has been improved and enriched. Surprised you don’t want to return there.
I can’t begin to describe the anguish caused by hearing us British people being referred to by the abbreviated word Brits. But nobody tells the perpetrators off.
 
Cityzen said:
I know you were referring to her shortening the name of the country people were from. (I originally meant to put a laughing emoji to acknowledge my reply was light hearted). I am sure Hessle Road has been improved and enriched. Surprised you don’t want to return there.
I can’t begin to describe the anguish caused by hearing us British people being referred to by the abbreviated word Brits. But nobody tells the perpetrators off.
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the scots and the aussies don't seem to mind.

the germs might take a dimmer view.
 
Ric Glasgow said:
I don't think Scots are too fussed about being called Scots.
They might take some mild offence at being labelled useless,minging,attention seeking,skirt wearing ****houses but I'm sure it's not aimed at them in any sort of bigoted way...:emoticon-0103-cool:
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the scots seem to take umbrage at being called scotch.

until i point out that robbie burns used to call them scotch.

which, oddly, they don't seem to know.
 
x said:
the scots seem to take umbrage at being called scotch.

until i point out that robbie burns used to call them scotch.

which, oddly, they don't seem to know.
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I'm married to one and Fathered 4 and they've never took umbrage at being called Scotch?

It is old hat though nowadays,as Scotch is best used to describe an alcoholic beverage.
 
Ric Glasgow said:
I'm married to one and Fathered 4 and they've never took umbrage at being called Scotch?

It is old hat though nowadays,as Scotch is best used to describe an alcoholic beverage.
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yes, that's usually their counter argument.

i am fractionally scotch myself, and it's not a large fraction. not even as large as the small fraction that's lancastrian.
 
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