Do all Scots hate the English?

Do all Scots hate the English?

  • Yes

    Votes: 17 32.1%

  • No

    Votes: 36 67.9%
  • Total voters
    53
  • Poll closed .
I don't really hate the English but do hate the patronising and arrogance that emminates for some of them regarding Scotland and the people there.
 
leaney said:
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Independence didn't work out so well for Ireland .
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Love to hear why you think that ?

Regarding the Op i would imagine most scots dont give a rats about england ireland wales etc , most people only care about surviving & doing best by & for their families .. you are always going to find knobs in every race & culture but in general most people are ok ..
i will say one thing tho where i find it can matter to others, & it can be good to be NON english.. on holidays.. you can always tell when the English arrive more so than any other nation , the noise level goes up, & i am by no way painting all english people with the same brush just a broad selection of the ones ive met & i have some very good friends who are english , seems holidays bring out something tho ..
 
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Only on the football park, the rugby park, golf course, snooker, darts, tennis, table tennis , badminton,
is there a trend here if its not sports related then the english are fine and great people, if its anything to do with sport then you know the rest but thats a Scottish issue nothing to do with our southern cousins.
 
JustOne said:
Ha! I was going to say it was a good question because all the English haters are sitting there biting their tongues that they can't post what they REALLY feel because it's embarrassing to say on an open forum that you carry a prejudice.................... and then up steps Dodger :D
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Didn't want to disappoint!;)
 
bladeplayer said:
seems holidays bring out something tho ..
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Agreed. I was born and brought up in Scotland, lived there until my early twenties, still go back up to visit family and consider myself British. Holidays also seem to bring out the worst in Scots - I have seen and heard sights that prompts me to hide the accent I still have.
 
Come on!!!

There are good bad in all races, be they English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish.

Let's go back to the 70's. England v Scotland was a regular football fixture. Hoards of the Tartan army used to travel down to London for the footie. Many got absolutely hammered and caused no end of trouble. Who could forget the infamous Wembley pitch invasion where they wrecked the turf, broke the goalposts?
Now that's typecasting the Scots as pi$$ed up thugs intent on causing mayhem and destruction.

The so called English football fans (?) did exactly the same type of thing in World Cup and Euro competitions.

Same procedure but remember, it's a very small minority of the respective countrymen.

Southern Irish folk (on the whole) seem friendly souls. Sure, they can down the drink but tend to get happy as opposed to violent. There will be many that do though.

Welsh. Dunno, they just have this thing about letting everyone know that they are Welsh! :rolleyes:

As for letting everyone know when the English are on holiday, a few years back we were enjoying a nice family holiday in Tenerife. Midweek, a shedload of Northern Irish families arrived. The sound level around the pool increased 10 fold along with some of foulest language my kids had the misfortune to hear.

Small snippets of different people of the British Isles. Not all are the same. Do you get my point?
 
Basher .. i get your point & i agree , think you summed it up nicely mate , theres a good few southern irish that embarras the nation too .. guess it shoud be judged on how you behave not your accent eh ..
 
bladeplayer said:
Love to hear why you think that ?

Regarding the Op i would imagine most scots dont give a rats about england ireland wales etc , most people only care about surviving & doing best by & for their families .. you are always going to find knobs in every race & culture but in general most people are ok ..
i will say one thing tho where i find it can matter to others, & it can be good to be NON english.. on holidays.. you can always tell when the English arrive more so than any other nation , the noise level goes up, & i am by no way painting all english people with the same brush just a broad selection of the ones ive met & i have some very good friends who are english , seems holidays bring out something tho ..
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Have you seen the current state of the Irish economy?

Ours is bad but they are in the a similar crises to the one that Greece are in.
 
Basher said:
Come on!!!

There are good bad in all races, be they English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish.

Let's go back to the 70's. England v Scotland was a regular football fixture. Hoards of the Tartan army used to travel down to London for the footie. Many got absolutely hammered and caused no end of trouble. Who could forget the infamous Wembley pitch invasion where they wrecked the turf, broke the goalposts?
Now that's typecasting the Scots as pi$$ed up thugs intent on causing mayhem and destruction.

The so called English football fans (?) did exactly the same type of thing in World Cup and Euro competitions.

Same procedure but remember, it's a very small minority of the respective countrymen.

Southern Irish folk (on the whole) seem friendly souls. Sure, they can down the drink but tend to get happy as opposed to violent. There will be many that do though.

Welsh. Dunno, they just have this thing about letting everyone know that they are Welsh! :rolleyes:

As for letting everyone know when the English are on holiday, a few years back we were enjoying a nice family holiday in Tenerife. Midweek, a shedload of Northern Irish families arrived. The sound level around the pool increased 10 fold along with some of foulest language my kids had the misfortune to hear.

Small snippets of different people of the British Isles. Not all are the same. Do you get my point?
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Simple answer is do not go to Tenerife. THis does not happen in Tuscany. ;)
 
Cool , only 30% said that they thought all Scots dislike the English.

We'll never know if they were English voters suggesting that this was the case or the odd Scot who was being extremely honest.

Just plain harmless rivalry it seems, no more than I dislike Spurs (being a gooner), no deep rooted hatred there either.

 
I have found everyone that I have met from Scotland, Wales and Ireland to be nothing but friendly and welcoming but maybe I have been lucky. That said, it has pretty much always been through rugby or golf. Take the Munster fans I met in Cardiff after the Heineken Cup Final. Every one of them gracious in defeat and more than generous at the bar and I have found that same attitude before, during and after every 6 nations or Heineken Cup match I have been to. Yes, I am sure that every country has their fair share of idiots, England probably more than others but you run into them in your own country just as much as anywhere else.
 
The way I see it, a dickhead is a dickhead, irrespective of where they come from. If I get on well with someone, where they were born is a total irrelevance. I certainly wouldn't change my mind about how I feel about someone after finding out their nationality.
 
Seems many Scots will cheer on the opposition who are playing against England in many sports, but does this include golf?
Now being English I like to see a Donald, Westwood or Dyson (he's on my Fantasy team!) win against any other country, but I would rather see a Forsyth or a Gallacher beat Poulter or Rose. Do any Scots want English golfers loose against other opposition simply because they are English?
 
Found myself having deep and meaningful debates with my mate Fish on the history of the historical English v Scots feuds recently amidst the campaig for Scottish independance. He's a man totally gened up on his history and a has a keen political eye. He really opened my eyes to a lot of jaundiced preconceptions. I don't hate the Scots. In fact with mankinds history of atroicty and genocide I think its clear where hate can lead if unchecked.
 
here's me with not a drop of scottish blood in my viens and a ruddy accent that no one wants.
All sterrotyping is irrelevant and misplaced.
I cheer whoever is playing the better football and can cheer both teams in the same breath.
Its just like Monty Python "whats the English ever done for us" shetch.
 
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