The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Rosemary on November 30, 2013, 08:46:11 am
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As the title says, Happy St Andrew's Day :wave:
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Wish it hadn't a black cloud over it. My thoughts are with my friends and relatives in Glasgow.
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How come Scotland can celebrate St Andrew's day and be nationalistic and as Jingoistic as they can be. But if you happen to be English and try it..Well " you can't do that - you might upset people".
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How come Scotland can celebrate St Andrew's day and be nationalistic and as Jingoistic as they can be. But if you happen to be English and try it..Well " you can't do that - you might upset people".
Who tells you that? Our government wouldn't dare tell us that! :innocent: I don't think we are jingoistic though.
Proud to be Scottish, we have national pride, and quite a unified history. Perhaps England has very many different heritages across the land that are not quite so unified? I think there are greater regional traits across England than there are in Scotland although we do have differences between lowland and highland areas.
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How come Scotland can celebrate St Andrew's day and be nationalistic and as Jingoistic as they can be. But if you happen to be English and try it..Well " you can't do that - you might upset people".
Jingoism is patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy.
What's jingoistic or nationalistic about wishing folks a Happy St Andrew's Day?
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It always is if we English do it - is the point I'm trying to make, If we wave a flag we are accused of membership of the national front , or other extremist organisations. Mustn't fly a union flag from a British warship if a Turkish boat is visiting Plymouth , I can't declare myself as English on official forms- I have to be British. It is all grossly unfair.
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I forgot to say- Enjoy your day ..... I just wish we could enjoy ours.
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I don't really understand why you can't celebrate your national day. Heck, if you want Tiz, I'll post a "Happy St George's day" thread in April next year.
I don't do anything to celebrate today anyway, but the edge has been taken off with happenings in Glasgow.
Beth
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the school i work in celebrated big time with kilts, haggis and fiddles etc
my daughters school didnt do a thing and they are 3 miles apart.
quite bizarre.
yes, the glasgow thing has put a damper on it for everyone i think.
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I don't really understand why you can't celebrate your national day. Heck, if you want Tiz, I'll post a "Happy St George's day" thread in April next year.
I don't do anything to celebrate today anyway, but the edge has been taken off with happenings in Glasgow.
We don't celebrate either and yes, it was a sore day following the Glasgow helicopter crash.
I will happily wish you "Happy St George's Day", "Happy St Patrick's Day" and "Happy St David's Day" at the appropriate time.