Something to do with the 2 Kingdoms perhaps whereas Wales doesn't have anything quit so significant since Tudor times. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] For your successors > The most interesting data this news report showed was that the > proportion of Scots who felt "Scottish only" was LOWER than the > equivalent results for Wales and for England, suggesting that the Scots > feel more British than the English or Welsh. > Gordon.

>From my experience as a Scot born in Scotland but living in England for a long time I found that for most of the English folk I encountered English was synonymous with British and interchangeable, sometimes but not always with a touch of arrogance about thier "North British" neighbours! In my opinion Scots in the last century were brought up to regard themselves more as British, certainly this was my experience growing up in Aberdeen in the 1940s and 50s. I remember as a youngster when I refused to accept the Coronation gifts of a New Testament and a box of chocolates at school because they were emblazoned with the historically untruthful motif of EIIR ( the United Kingdom which came into being with a Scottish monarch assuming the crown of England in 1603 and so never had an Elizabeth ). I was very much in a minority and the Rector of AGS was in a blue funk as he tried to persuade me to accept because of the adverse publicity which might come the way of the school. In recent years Scots have become more aware of their individual national identity and are more willing to stand up and be counted. Living in a foreign country I now respond to the oft asked question "are you English?" with the reply "No, I am Scottish but I speak English". To those who might understand including my English friends I explain that I am British by birth and by passport, a Spanish Resident by choice but Scottish by the Grace of God. I cannot speak for the Welsh but I have always found them very conscious of their national identity and heritage. regards George George Brander Torre de la Horadada España On 28 September 2013 13:46, Janet <[email protected]> wrote: > Something to do with the 2 Kingdoms perhaps whereas Wales doesn't have anything quit so > significant since Tudor times. > > Janet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Johnson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 10:19 AM > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] For your successors > > >> The most interesting data this news report showed was that the >> proportion of Scots who felt "Scottish only" was LOWER than the >> equivalent results for Wales and for England, suggesting that the Scots >> feel more British than the English or Welsh. >> Gordon. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message