Scotland Today

Scotland Today, Main Edition. Monday 20th February 2006. With Shareen and Sarah and Jane with the Sports.

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[roulainde]

I agree its the same in france, i was taught "british english" and was told british people say its raining cats & dogs (when it rains). but my partner tell me this is not the case only really old people say this and we are told the british have tea at five lol and this is not true aswell lol

[cervantes555]

yeah, i think when kids are taught other languages, some of what is taught is very old fashioned, whatever language you learn. I guess the people who write the text books aren't up on the new slang.

[roulainde]

yes but when people in america and britain learn french they are not really told the commen uses of the words. we mainly say "britannique" for all of them. we laff a lot at the british and amercans because they say thing we do not use in france yet they learn it lol but love from france

[cervantes555]

wierd..when I learned french, there were definitley different words for "english" "scottish" and british. Don't know about welsh, but im sure there is one there to differentiate as well

[roulainde]

well on my side of the glode and to places ive been they are called british. so we have had diffrent experiances havent we.

[cervantes555]

to people on the outside they are all called british? Nope..I'm American and people who know the difference generally call english people english, not british, as british is too broad.

[roulainde]

I agree but to people on the out side you guys are all called british. and when ever we refer to the scotland or england we call then british. and as for the accent of the english there are people in the north of england that sound scottish(gordies) and all over england and scotland the accents are very diffrent even if they are only 2 miles away from each other.

[cervantes555]

Well, Irish would certainly say they are Irish, as Ireland isn't part of great britain. And "brit" doesn't just refer to english people. I dated a guy from Scotland, and he considered himself British, as do many Scots. Some scots consider themselves purely scottish, and some both.

[Tubette1312]

I'd like to see people keep their accents. I love the United States southern accent: the accent of the majority of our Presidents if you hadn't already noticed. Presidents from the south: A quick research by me shows out of 43 presidents, southerners were #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, CIVIL WAR FALLOUT, 33, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43.

[Tubette1312]

i think the Scots would say they're Scottish and the Irish would say they're Irish and when you're talking Brit, you're referring to English. I understand the geography of the region, but, tell me if I'm wrong, each separate country has its own national pride and doesn't really consider itself "British."