XPost: soc.culture.welsh, soc.culture.cornish, soc.culture.irish
XPost: soc.culture.scottish
From: allan@noemail.co.uk
"Ilas" wrote in message
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> "allan connochie" wrote in
> news:IhLxi.11236$mZ5.7031@newsfe6-win.ntli.net:
>
>> It just seems to show more of his general lack of knowledge about
>> Scotland. Even from Soutra Hill in the Borders you can look over the
>> Lothians and Fife and see over 50 Highland peaks.
>
> You can also pick up BBC1 North East south of it. We used to drive to
> Lauder when Newcastle were on TV in England but not Scotland
Yes our local ITV channel must be about the most disparate and artificial
area in Britain. We share it with Dumfries and Galloway, Cumbria and the
Isle of Man. Manx news is of no relevance to us in the Scottish Borders and
likewise with Cumbria. Even Dumfries and Galloway is a bit distant as we
tend to look on a north south basis rather than to the west. What goes on in
Edinburgh is far more relevant than Carlisle or Dumfries. Likewise on a
sporting basis, never mind the Edinburgh and Glasgow sides which most people
support, many more people look for the Newcastle score than they ever would
Queen of the South or Carlisle.
>
> We live in such a
>> small country that no matter where we are we aren't far from the
>> Highlands. Likewise some foreigner crowing on about being a Highlander
>> because of his supposed ancestry doesn't mean anything either. Can
>> there be many Scots who haven't got some Highland ancestry somewhere
>> along the line? :-)
>
> Why would it make any difference? Culture isn't genetic.
Well you are right for most sensible people it wouldn't make any difference!
Allan
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