Scots-Irish

[Chas]

I think it depends on where you are standing. In London it is the Dover Road. In Dover it is the London Road. But it is still the same road.

Regards

Chas

[Blackrose87]

I think it depends on where you are standing. In London it is the Dover Road. In Dover it is the London Road. But it is still the same road.

Regards

Chas

So it is another term for the Ulster-Scots?

It's just that even though my father wouldn't describe himself as such, he was brought up in a Ulster-scots area (Ballymena) in such a family, but I've never heard the term used by him or my grandfather before.

[Chas]

So it is another term for the Ulster-Scots?

That is my understanding, but, in truth I don't know.

Regards

Chas

[Chas]

A thought has just come to me.

There was a time when boarding houses had signs outside saying a combination of:

No tinkers,
No gypsies,
No actors,
No Irish.

A man could call himself Ulster-Scots and would the landlady hear anything other than "Scots"? And if she did, would she be willing to show her ignorance?

I don't know if that is relevant or not.

Regards

Chas

[Blackrose87]

A thought has just come to me.

There was a time when boarding houses had signs outside saying a combination of:

No tinkers,
No gypsies,
No actors,
No Irish.

A man could call himself Ulster-Scots and would the landlady hear anything other than "Scots"? And if she did, would she be willing to show her ignorance?

I don't know if that is relevant or not.

Regards

Chas

That might explain why the term Scots-Irish is not heard in England, where these signs would have been seen.

But these signs would not have been present in Ireland, so would not have affected how the Ulster-Scots refer to themselves there.