Yorkshire Newbie

[Hamish]

Im always suprised when people say im ONLY (whatever) part Scots -surely Hamish your a quarter Scot and ONLY 3/4 English !!!

after all in a glass of cordial the most important part is the juice even though theres far more water.

sorry just teasing.

Hi Daz,

I know exactly where you are coming from and, in fact, I agree with you . Normally when explaining my roots I leave out the word "only" altogether, but in this case I was stressing to Dave my minimal Scottish connection with regard to my 'right' to wear the kilt.

In all honesty, I am far more proud of the comparitively small amount of Scottish blood in my veins (and arteries) than of the larger proportion of the English stuff!!

[caig]

Hello Dave from North East England. I live in Stockton on Tees. I have just come back from 2 days in Manchester where I wore the kilt around town without so much as a comment from the residents. I have worn the kilt in Leeds a number of times without comment, and many other local towns , too. I now wear the kilt every day and night when not working.

[freddie]

Hi Hamish I've got celtic blood in my in ancestry, scottish,welsh and ulster and its said the first people found with my surname were from East Lothian but also Edward (Longshanks) had a son with my surname so i don't know if that will go down well but i know theres a few scots with the same name,theres even a bakers in Dumfries town centre with one

Dave, you don't tell us what your surname is. If you can I'll look it up in 'Scots Kith and Kin' and give you some background info.

Regards
Morris

[gilmore]

Hi Daz,

I know exactly where you are coming from and, in fact, I agree with you . Normally when explaining my roots I leave out the word "only" altogether, but in this case I was stressing to Dave my minimal Scottish connection with regard to my 'right' to wear the kilt.

In all honesty, I am far more proud of the comparitively small amount of Scottish blood in my veins (and arteries) than of the larger proportion of the English stuff!!

Recent genetic research shows that the Normans, Vikings, Angles, Saxons and Danes contributed much less to the British genetic gene pool than had previously been thought. Celtic genes were found to be much greater. So, it could be argued that most of those who think of themselves as English ("Angles") really aren't, at least not genetically. See, e.g., Brian Syke's "Blood of the Isles," at http://www.bloodoftheisles.net/index.html

Of course culture is a different story.

[Pour1Malt]

Walcome tae the rabble Dave!

ai'm a bit slow oan the walcome this time- sorry...

glad tae see ya here.

[McPostie]

Dave, you don't tell us what your surname is. If you can I'll look it up in 'Scots Kith and Kin' and give you some background info.

Regards
Morris

Hi, my surname is Brotherton, i know theres a castle up in Aberdeenshire with that name but don't know if its anything to do with family name,theres also a village named Maud up that way which is my wifes surname even though she's mainly Italian blood

[McPostie]

Hi Robertson, thanks for putting up with us at Ferintosh we enjoyed it apart from the weather, you and the other guests all looked very smart in your kilts and it got me interested and Emma got me interested in Robert Burns and Scottish history, i learnt up there that Robert the Bruce was a norman and not a proper Scot which was a bit of a downer, ive also sent off for cd's of Scocha,Saor Patrol and Albenacch youve a lot to answer for.

[sjrapid]

Welcome from London, England.

Best regards