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.

Scottish here!

English - living in England

Another Scot here.

Just been hearing about the heatwave that is coming Britain's way. Just a wee guess but I reckon we won't get it as bad. Yay for Scotland!

Phaedra, no I don't think you imagined it. I've just never seen that arrangement in a scottish rural state school, only private schools, and you said it was very common in rural areas so I wonder where that was. I appreciate that just because I haven't come across it it doesn't mean it doesn't exist!

I have a reasonable sized flat with its own garden and also access to one of those uniquely Edinburgh locked private communal gardens but I'd still prefer a small flat with no garden over living out of town.

Fanjo sorry missed your posts -

by the "Edinburgh thing" I was using a shorthand that DH and I use in conversation (sorry had had a drink) because there are quite a few people here who just don't seem able to contemplate living elsewhere. It is a bone of contention with DH because where we live is one of those fairly fundamental decisi9ons.

Re Edinburgh people getting a slagging - I actually (again just my personal experience) find that people from different areas of Scotland tease/joke about people from other areas. Mainly good-natured, sometimes not.

I thought this thread last night was fascinating - there are so many differences of language etc, we are clearly in a very diverse country. I think we have more differences between us within Scotland than we do between Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Katie parts of Edinburgh are beautiful, I freely admit that. But the cost we pay for living in a two bedroom tenement flat with no garden is not, in my opinion, worth it. I think my family could have a much better quality of life outside the city but DH will not budge.

Posting on the train to London at the moment.

Speaking of all things Scottish just how awful is that news programme with Sarah Smith which has replaced Newsnight Scotland?

Haha I once overheard tourist enquire what time is the one o clock gun?

OOAMOL husband of mine (originally from Clydebank) is definitely a couldn't now contemplate not living in Edinburgh man. I concede there's a lot of it.

You know the Guardian does it's where to live section at weekends? When it featured Bruntsfield it gave the downside as " the unbearable smugness of living in Bruntsfield" (I don't live in Bruntsfield but it applies to other areas)

Scottish here too, I am born raised and live in Glasgow, proud glaswegian, but I love edinburgh too! is that allowed?

Love your username!i love embra too

I know but a friend told me in the Glaswegian book of rules no 1 paragraph 2 you never to admit it!

English Londoner in an overpriced house just to even things up a bit.

OoAML it's fine :)

Just have been on a few threads where people from Edinburgh got a bit of a bashing.

We're not that bad really.

Bruntsfield is pretty nice, I wouldn't rush to leave it.

Awayandboil it is more than allowed

Phaedra if you had my DD you might see the issue with living in small flat (severe ASD). :)

Small flat not so bad but oh for a garden with a trampoline.

For me to go on to relieve stress

I know it was pages back but set phasers to malkie made me had to watch the clip, just checking in

What a nice, fuzzy warm thread
I love the atmosphere in Edinburgh when I visit. The worst thing about living in the West of Scotland is the midgies!

Phaedra that news programme is bloody awful.
It really is the most patronising guff, but generally you find that a Scottish version of a UK news programme is dumbed down for us thickos.

I LOVE sets phasers to Malky, makes me laugh every time.

Born in England, live in Scotland.

I'm British.

Another scots here.