Hmmm, or a leprachan with a surprised look sitting on a thistle ;-) Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group > Hi Boyd, your symbol works for you, but in Tennessee, I am not sure anyone > would understand it. > We'd have to spend lots of Euros/dollars doing market research to be sure > of course. The first > time I ran into the Red Hand was in a book. It makes no sense here. You'd > have to explain it. > > That's one of this ethnic group's problems: we became different in the > various places we went to. > One person suggested to me a symbol with the Union flag ....well now, that > won't work in Tennessee > either. It makes the bearer seem like a Tory (in the American sense : ie a > Loyalist in the American > Revolution, descendents now in Canada). > > Perhaps a shamrock impaled on a thistle kind of gets the point across in a > universal fashion? > (just joking!) > > Linda Merle >

I LOVE it!!! Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff. Johnston" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 8, 2010 8:59:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group Hmmm, or a leprachan with a surprised look sitting on a thistle ;-) Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group > Hi Boyd, your symbol works for you, but in Tennessee, I am not sure anyone > would understand it. > We'd have to spend lots of Euros/dollars doing market research to be sure > of course. The first > time I ran into the Red Hand was in a book. It makes no sense here. You'd > have to explain it. > > That's one of this ethnic group's problems: we became different in the > various places we went to. > One person suggested to me a symbol with the Union flag ....well now, that > won't work in Tennessee > either. It makes the bearer seem like a Tory (in the American sense : ie a > Loyalist in the American > Revolution, descendents now in Canada). > > Perhaps a shamrock impaled on a thistle kind of gets the point across in a > universal fashion? > (just joking!) > > Linda Merle > ------------------------------- 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

I think the only thing that would work is a picture of you, Linda. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group >I LOVE it!!! > > Linda Merle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cliff. Johnston" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 8, 2010 8:59:25 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group > > Hmmm, or a leprachan with a surprised look sitting on a thistle ;-) > > Cliff. Johnston > "May the best you've ever seen, > Be the worst you'll ever see;" > from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:32 AM > Subject: Re: [S-I] symbol for group > > >> Hi Boyd, your symbol works for you, but in Tennessee, I am not sure >> anyone >> would understand it. >> We'd have to spend lots of Euros/dollars doing market research to be sure >> of course. The first >> time I ran into the Red Hand was in a book. It makes no sense here. You'd >> have to explain it. >> >> That's one of this ethnic group's problems: we became different in the >> various places we went to. >> One person suggested to me a symbol with the Union flag ....well now, >> that >> won't work in Tennessee >> either. It makes the bearer seem like a Tory (in the American sense : ie >> a >> Loyalist in the American >> Revolution, descendents now in Canada). >> >> Perhaps a shamrock impaled on a thistle kind of gets the point across in >> a >> universal fashion? >> (just joking!) >> >> Linda Merle >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >