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Jun 22nd 2010, 6:03 am

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Re: since coming to stralia..

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20

But you still all appear to want to escape at the first opportunity. Some might find that interesting

What's that phrase again....

"do everything and anything for Scotland... except live there"

Jun 22nd 2010, 6:07 am

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What's that phrase again....

"do everything and anything for Scotland... except live there"

Got to love Sean Connery

Jun 22nd 2010, 7:17 am

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I also remember it being called 'juice' as in 'gonnagieusabitayurjuice?'

Fizzy juice mind, as opposed to 'dilutin juice'!

Jun 22nd 2010, 7:31 am

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IrnBru (Irn, not Iron

) is the drink of the gods and will cure a handover before you can count how many pints you drank last night.

Fact.

Jun 22nd 2010, 7:33 am

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Originally Posted by brummy

i have found a new love in my life...

scottish people,you have to love em eh?they love ol scotland and there is an awfull lot i never knew about it..

one regret i have is i never went there....there bleedin great people the ol scotts....

why thank you, i must admit i have even met a few English i like

Jun 22nd 2010, 7:35 am

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why thank you, i must admit i have even met a few English i like

Yer hanging out in all the wrong places love,hopefully i'll be over next year to realine yer thinking

Jun 22nd 2010, 7:46 am

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Yer hanging out in all the wrong places love,hopefully i'll be over next year to realine yer thinking

You may be right!, it may be a case of desperate times call for desperate measures, but my bestie is from Edinburgh followed by an aussie!

Jun 22nd 2010, 7:54 am

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I bet you lot didn't know that speaking French with a Scottish accent makes you sound Flemish! The Flemish-speaking Belgians don't like it when one of their own speaks French at all, so a Scot speaking French in Belgium is likely to cop an earful, or get the cold shoulder. My BiL, from Edinburgh but living in France for many years, found this out at a Flemish bank. The teller refused to serve him when he heard him speak, tlll he saw his passport and realised....

Jun 22nd 2010, 8:14 am

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You may be right!, it may be a case of desperate times call for desperate measures, but my bestie is from Edinburgh followed by an aussie!

Oh good so perhaps a little tweaking and you'll be fine

Jun 22nd 2010, 8:14 am

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why thank you, i must admit i have even met a few English i like

One day we might finally get to meet up, I'll sit on my English side though, and just be Welsh for the day

Jun 22nd 2010, 10:45 am

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I thought they are all like Rab C and Mary Nesbitt

Jun 22nd 2010, 1:50 pm

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I thought they are all like Rab C and Mary Nesbitt

But not as good looking

Jun 22nd 2010, 3:57 pm

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Re: since coming to stralia..

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20

But you still all appear to want to escape at the first opportunity. Some might find that interesting

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Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

What's that phrase again....

"do everything and anything for Scotland... except live there"

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Originally Posted by moneypenny20

Got to love Sean Connery

Love of one's adopted country does, in no way, diminish one's love of one's native land.

Also, what about our English expat countrymen who emmigrate permanently throughout the world, only to rant about the Scots? It must be repressed envy, otherwise we would be ignored.

No further questions m'lud.

Jun 22nd 2010, 4:11 pm

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Actually, it is well known the the Scottish accent lends itself quite well to foreign languages. Two of the best compliments that I have ever received dealt with languages.

At a Mexican business reception, I found out later that they thought that I was a Spaniard, due to my apparent 'Castellano' accent, while in Belgium and France, I was credited with a 'Sorbonne' quality French accent.

Either way, speaking a native language of a country, allows for a much richer, in depth cultural experience, in my view.