Please can we have a Scottish MN section - Mawsnet, mebbe?

[StayingSamVimesGirl]

Following on from discussion on another thread - could we have a Scottish section, please?

The local information is good, but it is too local to apply to the whole of Scotland, if you see what I mean.

Aye, please dae it

Yes please, especially if expats like me are allowed.

SetPhasersTaeMalkie I am so jealous of your username.

Aww I like the name Mawsnet.

Glebe Street in Dundee?

Scottish dads could have Bawsnet.

No voters could stick to Nawsnet

I think it's a great idea. I've seen so many Scottish and (N Ireland) posters get a sniffy 'don't you mean Y1?' when they say their child is in P1 for example. No, they don't. They mean P1. It's what it's called, and it's not the same as Y1.

Bawbagnet?

AISU - Am I Scunnered Unreasonably?

Food/Recipes - Get theMessagesIn

Conception - Shagmeorahllbatteryi?

Yes please

I fully support a Mawsnet.

As long as you get out into that heather and find Scottishmummy.

How about Mamsnet rather than Mawsnet?

Or the more boring MNScotland?

I wouldn't post in a local board because I prefer to remain anonymous. A Scottish board would make it easier to keep that distance whilst being more relevant to many of the topics I'm interested in.

Pretty please MNHQ?

I would use a scottish board for the reasons all stated above. I was on a thread recently with people posting links relating to education and despite it being pointed out that they didn't apply in Scotland it was largely ignored.

Bawbagsnet! That's the one! Agreed? Yes?

Bawbgasnet is a brill name and ssd I love you

yes I do think bawbagsnet reflects the tone and cultural differences we are looking for

kin we hiv a wee swally noo?

we also need new emoticons to reflect

swally
a cuppa
whit a fud
glackit

[tsmile]

Fail!

Why is bawbagsnet a brilliant name? Not everyone in Scotland uses words like that. Just like we're not all 'maws'

I know not everyone uses bawbag or maw - but we all know these words, and when I saw the Mawsnet name on the other thread, it was the sort of sideways humour that makes me smile - hence my using it here.

I love the wry humour of Scotland, and Mawsnet sort-of represents that for me - that's all.

Maw doesn't bother me (although I don't like the word and don't use it) but bawbag is a word I've often seen used as an insult. I also think it isn't very inclusive - there are lots of regional accents/dialects and not everyone in Scotland uses them.

Of course it's not a brilliant name, it's not to everyone's liking.... I think it's a brill name....

I also like mawsnet, but I hate it when my DC call me maw....they get the death stare until they call me mum...

I like them both because they are both Scottish

Id be just as happy with mumsnet Scotland or mumsnet alba or mumsnet for those wummin across the border.

I would love a Scottish section.

It would certainly be useful to have a separate Scottish section for Education, SN, Law and possibly nhs too.

Folk from down South can get frustrated when they try to help but have NO CLUE how different these things can be...