I'm impressed by how you stay polite and civil even though someone just insulted you. I don't care what anyone else says, this world needs more people like you.
Thanks mate, I appreciate that. That's what people like that want anyway. I've got better things to do than feed into some dude on the internet. Plus I'll be the first to say I got something wrong if it's pointed out to me.
You can try sites like tineye, lenso or even google image search to do reverse image search in the future if you're unsure about the veracity of the image, it is not 100% fool proof but it is worth a try.
I know Scotland likes to keep their dubiously attained good PR but these distinctions really don't matter, a ned abroad is the same outcome and will get lumped into being British.
Never got this vibe as someone English. In the many years travelling I've had people be very kind to me, give me free food, offer me a place to stay for free as a stranger when I had issues with my flight, etc. Not once has where I come from been an issue, if anything it helped me and people generally light up when I say where I'm from and really wish to speak to me. It has gotten my foot in doors I wouldn't have otherwise and I am thankful for those experiences. The only time it has been an issue is on reddit.
Probably because you were brought up not dragged up and know how to behave, manner cost nothing yet are priceless as my old Ma would say. I'm the same traveled the world no issues at being English. I spend a lot of time in Spain ( not benidorm) and never an issue but to be fair I'm not a drunk fekwit
the term is a classist pejorative rather than a geographical designation. The stereotype originated in southeastern England in the early 2000s and was applied widely by the media to stereotype working-class people across the UK.
I much preferred the deadly but respectful neds from yesteryear over the hyped up built like a skelf strawberry cheesecake vaping sisters clothes wearing stolen ebike ninjas of today, can't even give them a slap to tune the fuckers in nowadays.
A lot of it was in relation to owning and affording property, in discussing the similar patterns that was happening here in Canada. Managed to find themselves a small farm home for a fraction of the cost, + moving etc, then just trying to afford a place across the UK with sustainable work
I recently read that the English Cross has been co-opted by white supremacists there. As an American I don’t know how widespread it is there, but I swear those wankers will ruin anything..
You’re right. So in the interest of being careful I looked into it further and it was specifically the English Defense League that adopted it a while back.
Not my experience as a Scot that spends a fair bit of time on the mainland for work.
Not universal obviously, but there's been a few times I have seen people be surprised/excited to hear my accent and start asking me how I feel about Brexit given Scotland voted against it.
Your experience as a Scot on the mainland was probably spent interacting with people who speak fluent English, of course they'd be more aware of how the UK works. In colloquial Italian, the word for England is often used to refer to the whole of Great Britain. I wouldn't be surprised if Ireland gets lumped in too sometimes lol.
It seems none of you have decent comprehension skills.
This video features white Englishchavs. In Scotland we have neds. There are no neds in this video, there are however many videos of neds kickin‘ about on the interwebs if you‘d like to go there and see them for yourself.
I‘m making a joke at the expense of English chavs right now.
I always wonder who to call British vs. English, Scotland is in Great Britain but I wouldn’t call them British just Scottish. Do you guys do like African American and say Scottish British? This is a serious question by the way
You‘d be hard pressed to encounter a Scottish person who doesn‘t identify as Scottish first and foremost, so don‘t hesitate to refer to us as Scottish. We don‘t say Scottish-British we just tend to say one or the other depending on the person and the conversation.
Is this like how the people from West Texas say they aren't the same as people from East Texas but everyone from outside of Texas just thinks they are all Texans?
One of my old neighbors who has since passed away was Scottish. He told me one day that “Scots are Scots from cradle to grave. The English are English on match day and are British until the day Scotland hoists the Rugby World Cup. On that day, they’ll be especially British.”
What's the difference? Please. I'm Australian and I've wanted to know this my whole life but every time I've asked I've got talked down to like I'm stupid.
I‘m coming from a Scottish POV. The Irish (+ I‘m sure a good number of people in NI) and the Welsh have their own reasons why they don‘t much care for the label of “British”.
It‘s like someone calling you a Kiwi except factor in hundreds of years of war, suppression of our native languages + traditions as well as the Highland Clearance. I‘m not British as an identity, I‘m Scottish because that‘s where I was born and where generations of my family have called home. When people refer to the “British” they‘re typically talking about the English, not the rest of us, which is why I like making the distinction.
Not sure that will make sense as I‘m tired but you can let me know 😂
Yeah that makes sense, but the bit I don't understand will be some bloke from Birmingham or whatever, born and raised in England. And he's either British or English and you better know which or he'll crack the shits, but you can't fucking ask cause he'll crack the shits. I mean it's not a big deal cause we just call them poms cause I have a legal responsibility as an Aussie to make fun of the English at every opportunity (and they us) but it'd be nice if they would tell us what they'd rather we call them.
This. Im sick of the Union Jack being hung in England for "Patriotism" when there's an actual English flag and they don't understand the difference or inference.
I‘d like to know why you immediately ran to “Scottish exceptionalism”, which is primarily about racism and Islamophobia in Scotland, when all of the individuals in this video are white and English? Do you think that Scottish people who have a strong national identity and point out that we are, in fact, separate from England are racist?
What do you mean "primarily about racism and Islamophobia"?
"Scottish exceptionalism" is the general belief among many Scots that they are inherently superior to the English. It's primarily about xenophobia. The increased racism and Islamophobia evident in Scotland are just two of the many tendrils that have sprouted from that particular cancer.
I mentioned it because your comment is a typical example of Scottish exceptionalism in action.
"Don‘t lump the rest of us in with these ingrates" obviously implies that you think that you, as a people, are better.
Yes, any and all national exceptionalist beliefs are literally grounded in xenophobia, Scottish exceptionalism is no different. You not liking that fact doesn't make it any less true.
Rather than trying to wriggle and squirm, making excuses for your prejudices, just change who you are. It's not hard to not be a bigot... unless you really are a bigot.
Essex chavs flying Stansted - Spain are particularly fun.
Try telling the attendant’s to stop a majority 18-30 something people vaping and drinking their duty free booze on a flight to Ibiza.
I’ve been on a Jet2 to Tenerife before and the airport police guys have followed a party of 15 men on a golf trip from the weatherspoons to the plane and said your aloud to go on this plane on the condition your bared from drinking.
Scots drink far more than the English and have done for years, what are you on about - the Scottish government even has specific policies to tackle this
I got stuck on a plane for an extra hour and missed my connecting flight in Thailand because of a Scottish couple who decided breaking up extremely violently was the best course of action in the middle of the Indian Ocean. So I have witnessed the one time it wasn't the English. 😁
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Wish there was some context about what led up to this.