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To believe that a very high % of mumsnetters are Scottish

849 replies

greedygal · 13/06/2014 20:40

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.

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scottishmummy · 13/06/2014 21:45

I was once called a disgrace to scotland,I laughed for yonks about that one

NoGravyNoPie · 13/06/2014 21:45

Alice that wasn't a dig at you.

EddieStobbart · 13/06/2014 21:45

Loblollyboy, thanks - you've educated me.

I had thought it was a perfectly normal expression across the English speakers of the world. Having it pointed out by work woman I realised I'd never heard an English person say it so thought she was right and it was Scottish phrasing. Obviously not.

Aliceinvodkaland · 13/06/2014 21:45

ha ha ha

KatieKaye · 13/06/2014 21:46

Alice - go to a Calcutta Cup match at Murrayfield for the answer to that question. Grin

FannyFifer · 13/06/2014 21:46

Aye theres a lot of Scottish lassies on here eh.

Aliceinvodkaland · 13/06/2014 21:47

ahh ok nogravy no problems Grin it's just that we mailnly have scottish relatives!! if you ask anyone!!

Lucked · 13/06/2014 21:47

Yep me too.

I have to admit there are more of us than I thought, perhaps because of all the school chat about appeals and boarding schools I presumed hardly any scots.

I don't hate the English, I am married to one. I do find it hard to relate to true blue conservatives. You hardly find any up here.

Aliceinvodkaland · 13/06/2014 21:47

mainly

littlewhitebag · 13/06/2014 21:47

OOAOML Early? Confused. I go to bed around 10 pm as i am now an old woman.

I often say goodnight to my DD1 as she is leaving to go out then go to bed.

If i didn't get my drinks in now i would never get a drink!

Aliceinvodkaland · 13/06/2014 21:48

ha ha ha katie!!!

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 13/06/2014 21:48

Not Scottish but would like some in me... Wink

Aliceinvodkaland · 13/06/2014 21:49

you don't find many fuckin true blue conservatives in england either!!!

EddieStobbart · 13/06/2014 21:49

Edinburgh and Glasgow stuffed to the gills with private school kids. I'm a freak at work with my state school kids.

TerraNotSoFirma2 · 13/06/2014 21:49

Also Scottish, I would be pished but I ran out of tonic after three gins, damn it.

PhaedraIsMyName · 13/06/2014 21:49

I live in Scotland. I don't think of myself as Scottish.

WeAllHaveWings · 13/06/2014 21:50

we should campaign for the site to be renamed mawsnet.com Wink

Aliceinvodkaland · 13/06/2014 21:50

that is just fuckin rude drinky unless you're talking about david tennant and then of course we'd like a bit of scottish!!! Wink

EightFiftySix · 13/06/2014 21:50

I'm Scottish too.

miffybun73 · 13/06/2014 21:50

I get that impression too OP.

I'm English, from Cheshire/South Manchester :)

Aliceinvodkaland · 13/06/2014 21:51

i love talking to you lot Grin

FannyFifer · 13/06/2014 21:51

A real Scot would drink the Gin with nae tonic FFS! Wink

chipsandpeas · 13/06/2014 21:51

scottish, living in scotland and sober Sad

LemonBreeland · 13/06/2014 21:51

Another English but living in Scotland.

scottishmummy · 13/06/2014 21:52

Edinburgh and private schools,yes1 in 4.glasgow def less so,in fact it's bit underplayed