Cultural differences Scotland and England

[CauleyMacGlochlin]

So surprised to see on a recent thread that in England secondary school pupils are often not allowed out of school for lunch until 6th form, which Google tells me means 16-18. I'm gobsmacked. I've never heard of anything like this in Scotland and I've lived all over the country (grew up in Glasgow and moved around in adulthood)

I also recently discovered that English school pupils can't leave education at 16. They have to stay in education til 18 unless they have an apprenticeship.

Got me thinking about cultural differences between the countries that I've maybe been oblivious all this time. Any others?

As a Scot living in England, the Sunday trading hours is one of my biggest grumbles. Bloody annoying when you can’t nip into Tesco early, or late when you forget something for tea 😂

What's the big light?

…. until that moment of soft clanking as one by one each tooth gives up the ghost and dives gracefully from gum to tablecloth.

Tablet is a right bastard.

She means we have Catholic and non dom (another good west of Scotland word!) schools, I believe in reference to the posts on Catholic/Protestant divisions.

We don’t have schools equivalent to Church of England, for example

@SummerDays2020

The light on your ceiling as opposed to lamps.

I was thinking people were meaning the sun 😂 I think we tend to say 'main light' but 'big light' would be interchangeable.

There are either non-denominational schools or catholic schools.
I've only lived in the central belt, but DS1 and 2's high school is a shared campus with the local Catholic school.
I'm not really sure how they differ, I work in education and go into a lot of schools but all I know is that they tend to have a crucifix in the lobby and the bishop has to approve SLT appointments.

The English don’t have the Gaelic names for the emergency services written backwards on the front of their vehicles.

Has anyone mentioned the big light yet....

Placemarking to read back

Oh they have

😂

Dunblane has an Episciscopalian primary school which is Anglican.

They've done that for years in Finland. It's a great idea.

When I went to Wales for work we asked the hotel receptionist if there was a shop nearby for supplies. She directed us to asda. But it was bloody shut as it was 7pm on a bank holiday! You'd have thought with our accents we wouldn't have known.

I'm assuming it is due to the high level of Irish immigration into Scotland during the Irish Potato Famine (including my family).

I was born in the town which was the headquarters of the orange lodge in Scotland but luckily we moved away when I was a baby. I used to visit a lot and remember the Catholic church being set on fire at an Orange walk one year. I also have some relatives who were Orangemen, all in my dad's generation and above.

In contrast growing up on the East coast there was definitely some sectarianism, orange walks and violent hatred between my school and the Catholic School but it didn't run nearly as deep. There was a very small Orange walk last year which most people just ignored.

They built a campus for my DD primary school which contains both non denominational and Catholic school and nobody batted an eyelid, which is of course it is the way it should be.

Cousins from my hometown caused a stir at their "mixed" prod/ catholic marriage about 15 years ago.

No, we don’t call the sun ‘the big light’ in much the same way we don’t call planes ‘big bird’🙁

Another few I’ve thought of!

Hogmanay/New Years Day is a bigger deal in Scotland than in England. Steak pie is a MUST on New Year’s Day!

Having ceilidh dancing at weddings with a stovies break at 10/11pm.

Following on from that.. doing ceilidh dancing lessons for PE in school around Christmas time every year 😂

'did you see what just happened right now' seems a contradiction to me. Did it just happen (it has finished and is in the past) or is it happening right now (it is taking place at this very moment)

What about the SEN kids?

SEN kids will still usually make their way to and from school, transportation is only provided if they have been assigned a place in the school to meet their specific need or they live 3+ miles away from the school. If they needed to remain in school due to particular vulnerability it would be written into their IEP, which might include the requirement to stay on school grounds, access to a support base or language and communication unit.

I don’t know any high school where I am that doesn’t allow kids to leave during the school day outside of a plan for particular kids.

We say ice poles in SE England.

A bit softer than a crusty for me.

Do any other Scots get murlies on their woollens? Also, the older generation when I was growing up referred to slippers as baffies.

Heel toe, heel toe, 123!

Where I grew up is VERY protestant which gives away where I am from but heyho. Where I live now also has a lot of orange walks but no trouble at them.

Sorry yes! I should have said not as common as CofE schools in England. Think there may be one in Perth too?

I do agree. Much prefer my DD having interesting things to do at school than trailing the streets. I mean they can do that outside of school time if they wish. She doesn't really get a healthy diet at school but it is marginally better than free rein in a shop.

@Doublenoogahsilvousplait 😂🤣

My brother in law is Liverpool born living in very rural Scotland. He refuses to say roll, he says balm. Can I have a balm. Which to me would mean lip balm.

One of my best friends gets confused at me often.

She hates, can we meet

Back of 10.

Doesn't like that.

Won't say

Haugh.