Comments on: For Britain: good news, bad news

By: southpaw

southpaw — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 02:59:34 +0000

Don Carlos- along those lines the Scots historically did a lot of the heavy lifting on the front lines of British colonial expansion. AKA the cannon fodder.
My boss commented that “the $&@/ing hammer heads will $&@/ it up if they get what they want”. I answered with “they said that about us too”.
Well at least it’s taken longer than expected.

By: DNW

DNW — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:36:05 +0000

“Rachelle Says:
September 10th, 2014 at 12:07 am

DON CARLOS: “DNW: They are Scots, not Scotch; Scotsmen not Scotchmen. Men, not a tape or a fermented spirit.”

Read David Hume’s ‘History of England’ and Thm Bab. MacAulay’s work of the same name. Both use the term ‘Scotch’ and ‘Scotchman’ when referring to people in Scotland. They should know since they were Scots (or Scotchman).

Right now they are looking like Idiotmen.”

C.S. Lewis used the term “Scotch” as well, if memory serves.

” Don Carlos Says:
September 10th, 2014 at 10:20 am

Rachelle, You cite “History of England” as sources on Scotland. QED”

Yet as she reminds us, Hume was ‘Scotch’ himself.

I called my cousin’s husband on this, and asked him what his parents had called themselves. After informing me that he too was born there, he make the same old joke about an alcoholic beverage.

I didn’t bother to ask what alcoholic beverage. Which would be of course “whisky”. But what kind of whisky? Canadian? Irish?

What kind of person? (and maybe therein, lies some small part of the grammatical rub)

His answer to my question: “Scotch or Scots?” was “Scottish”.

Bloody Glaswegians: probably just outlier Welsh anyway.

Or Cymry, I guess.

By: Don Carlos

Don Carlos — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:59:27 +0000

From today’s WSJ Op-Ed page:

“The Scottish “yes” campaign may be led by leftists, but it has a founding prejudice that many American conservatives might admire: It is a conscious protest against the over-centralization of British power in Westminster. Much of the Scottish National Party’s rhetoric against London sounds like the tea party’s fury at Washington.”

Along the lines of what I said.

By: Don Carlos

Don Carlos — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:20:53 +0000

Rachelle, You cite “History of England” as sources on Scotland. QED

By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:07:37 +0000

DON CARLOS: “DNW: They are Scots, not Scotch; Scotsmen not Scotchmen. Men, not a tape or a fermented spirit.”

Read David Hume’s ‘History of England’ and Thm Bab. MacAulay’s work of the same name. Both use the term ‘Scotch’ and ‘Scotchman’ when referring to people in Scotland. They should know since they were Scots (or Scotchman).

Right now they are looking like Idiotmen.

By: southpaw

southpaw — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:18:55 +0000

I work closely with a bunch of Scottish engineers – expats looking to become citizens for the most part. The banter and differences of opinion on this one had me laughing so hard I was wiping tears out of my eyes. Funny, funny people.

By: blert

blert — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:47:10 +0000

art…

What’s with the blonde squad?

Are they using a calendar to time them?

By: Artfldgr

Artfldgr — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:21:53 +0000

Surellin
the reason is that there are womens present
and since not one has made it through the basic obstical course, things like bayonet drills will be even MORE comedic

(if you ever see them on the obstical course, it IS comedic… of course when in battle it will be a horror, but in training its comedic… makes private benjuman look very competent)

the women are allowed to help each other
notice where the barrel is when she helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U41Rm5hJ1_E

By: Surellin

Surellin — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:42:30 +0000

Beverly – bayonet charges. The US Army decided a few years ago that they didn’t need to teach bayonet drill in basic anymore, and then got an earful from Real Soldiers. I do believe that they backed down. And were not the Thin Red Line at Balaclava also the Highlanders?

By: Don Carlos

Don Carlos — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:00:01 +0000

parker:
I’m with you. But I’m a shotgunner at heart, recreationally.