To believe that a very high % of mumsnetters are Scottish

[greedygal]

I get this impression and have no idea why - is this my imagination or is this the case?

Where are you originally from?

I am thoroughly English.

Snigger,at but he's fae Clydebank.aye there funny there...

So are all the other Mumsnetters busy on threads about where they live?

I have never heard of going to the same school for primary and secondary in Scotland. We did P1-P7 at primary school and then S1-S5/6 at secondary school (normally the catchment schools). I didnt know anyone who went to private school

I went to nursery, primary and senior all at the same school. In Scotland. (private school)

Me too leftylucy !

Thoroughly Scottish here.

No time to read the whole thread, but maybe it's just that we're the loudest. Hiya there, a'body. How's it gaun, hen?

"I wouldn't call coke or lemonade juice."

But would you offer juice and then narrow it down to what kinds you had, coke, lemonade, fresh orange or diluting orange?

Yorkshire.

But would you offer juice and then narrow it down to what kinds you had, coke, lemonade, fresh orange or diluting orange?

It is called juice because up here we believe all non-booze drinks have health giving properties.

Don't often have fizzy drinks since I gave up diet coke. I suppose I would ask if you wanted something to drink? if I offered children juice it would be squash (don't usually have orange though).

Now I think about it we do have lemonade but that's just for DH's whisky.

Scottish here. Obviously!

Wine has health giving properties surely?

OOAOML lemonade in uisge beatha????. Even my English husband wouldn't do that

Of course,Buckie is made by monks it's a tonic.

Born in England, grew up in England, have Scottish parents, have lived in Scotland for last 14 years. Consider myself Scottish.

Our local Indian takeaway offers a free can of juice with every curry. The offer is illustrated by a picture of a can of Irn Bru and coke.

American, but of Scottish descent, and I have a Scottish surname. And I have lived in Scotland. I love Scotland.

mawbroon the broons reference is lost on them. Used to work with a dowdy Englishwoman whose surname was Brown and was rather fond of her food and had a bowl cut. She had no idea why everyone referred to her as Daphne.

I thought quite a lot of people did? He is Scottish BTW. Although his family are all Edinburgh and they do and say things I think are weird.

Am Glaswegian

OOAOML ah, that explains it, Edinburgh .... my children were all born there. They're fine now, the therapy cost a bit though

"It is called juice because up here we believe all non-booze drinks have health giving properties."

I'm up here too...and call them all juice, that's why I was asking, lol

Fizzy juice, fruit juice and diluting juice, then narrowed down by flavour.

OOAOML - just don't talk about the trams and you should be ok. And remember to gob on the Heart of Midlothian (the one outside St Giles, not the football team!)

To me "a can of juice" is a fizzy drink, like diet coke. Which goes nicely with a fish supper - how disconcerted was I to discover England does not know what this is and had a variety of fish to chose from! every good Scot knows that fish from the chippy = haddock.

Yes Compos. I often get replies from posters on here who call me mawbrooM.

It gives the game away instantly that they have no idea who I am

And I always snort when Daphne comes up on the baby name threads.