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I made the move from salubrious Salford to bonnie Scotland many years ago.

My advice would be: Don't get involved in Celtic Rangers religious banter. They know what's acceptable. You don't. The rivalry is deadly serious. People still get killed for wearing the wrong shirt at the wrong time. This crap is mostly confined to Glasgow however.

Don't refer to scots as 'Scotch'. Scotch is a drink or a produce not a Scottish person.

Don't refer to Andy Murray or any other successful scot as British or even worse English. They go apeshit about that. You will hear the native cry of 'he's scottish ya bastart'.

Accept that the scots love to see England beaten at any sport. They still think their 'fitba' team are worldbeaters and love to tell you that. I remember in 1978 watching the Scotland football team in a pub. Archie Gemmel scored . The pub erupted and the whole bar started to roar 'Flower of Scotland' whilst pointing at me.

If you want to shut them up about fitba just say 'is that the time? 9 past Haafey'. Haafey was the scottish goalie who let in 9 goals against England in 1961. He emigrated after that.

Male scots don't talk much. They grunt a lot. The joke about the Englishman walking into a scots' pub saying 'hello' to the guys at the bar and being told to 'shut the f**k up, I came here to drink Jimmy, no tae talk' is about right.

Accept you are going to get called an english c**t/bastart/shit. It's no big deal. They have a chip on their shoulders about us (who wouldn't given what was done to them over many centuries) but I've never been truly discriminated against because of my Englishness.

Be aware Scotland is much more left wing/bolshie than England. The tories are the enemy, English, plum- voiced public school boys are hated with particular intensity. Farage/UKIP are hated as well. Farage had to have scores of police ( the f****n polis) to rescue him from a pub in Edinburgh where hundreds of scots had him holed up. Brexit is not supported by two thirds of scots.

Scots see everybody as equals--anybody posing as a superior will get you a 'dunt in the baws'.

Listen and don't say much until you get your bearings. You are a guest in their country so be respectful.

When you've been here a few years then you can open up and rip the piss out of them. Jock baiting is very enjoyable. They are easily roused, the most easily wound up people in the world. :laugh:

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I made the move from salubrious Salford to bonnie Scotland many years ago. My advice would be: Don't get involved in Celtic Rangers religious banter. They know what's acceptable. You don't. The riva

The english arent hated up here no them all just the ones that come up with money, a silver spoon in there mouth and immediately start trying to change things because its not the way its done in good

Apart from "fcuk of back to England" lol pick keys up next week and really looking forward to it! Nice little smallholding with a nice little river on my doorstep, smack bang in the middle of a privat

Go visit the Lanark falls ? I stayed there for work and got up every morning to go try get a view of the peregrine falcons. Saw one and what a site it was.

Loads of dear on the walk too. Lazy tw@t I was with stayed in bed and played on his phone

Young uns eh ??

Enjoy it Ant it's a stunning part of the world

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I made the move from salubrious Salford to bonnie Scotland many years ago.

My advice would be: Don't get involved in Celtic Rangers religious banter. They know what's acceptable. You don't. The rivalry is deadly serious. People still get killed for wearing the wrong shirt at the wrong time. This crap is mostly confined to Glasgow however.

Don't refer to scots as 'Scotch'. Scotch is a drink or a produce not a Scottish person.

Don't refer to Andy Murray or any other successful scot as British or even worse English. They go apeshit about that. You will hear the native cry of 'he's scottish ya bastart'.

Accept that the scots love to see England beaten at any sport. They still think their 'fitba' team are worldbeaters and love to tell you that. I remember in 1978 watching the Scotland football team in a pub. Archie Gemmel scored . The pub erupted and the whole bar started to roar 'Flower of Scotland' whilst pointing at me.

If you want to shut them up about fitba just say 'is that the time? 9 past Haafey'. Haafey was the scottish goalie who let in 9 goals against England in 1961. He emigrated after that.

Male scots don't talk much. They grunt a lot. The joke about the Englishman walking into a scots' pub saying 'hello' to the guys at the bar and being told to 'shut the f**k up, I came here to drink Jimmy, no tae talk' is about right.

Accept you are going to get called an english c**t/bastart/shit. It's no big deal. They have a chip on their shoulders about us (who wouldn't given what was done to them over many centuries) but I've never been truly discriminated against because of my Englishness.

Be aware Scotland is much more left wing/bolshie than England. The tories are the enemy, English, plum- voiced public school boys are hated with particular intensity. Farage/UKIP are hated as well. Farage had to have scores of police ( the f****n polis) to rescue him from a pub in Edinburgh where hundreds of scots had him holed up. Brexit is not supported by two thirds of scots.

Scots see everybody as equals--any posing as a superior will get you a 'dunt in the baas'.

Listen and don't say much until you get your bearings. You are a guest in their country so be respectful.

When you've been here a few years then you can open up and rip the piss out of them. Jock baiting is very enjoyable. They are easily roused, the most easily wound up people in the world. :laugh:

'A guest in their country'!?!?

 

Funny cos anyone who moves to England....Even if they are black as the ace of spades and don't speak a word of English, has to be referred to as British as the rest of us or we are racist. These attacks coming from left wing farage haters like the jocks.

 

Load of pasty faced, country ruining gobshites.

 

Sorry for the rant.

Enjoy your move

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I made the move from salubrious Salford to bonnie Scotland many years ago.

My advice would be: Don't get involved in Celtic Rangers religious banter. They know what's acceptable. You don't. The rivalry is deadly serious. People still get killed for wearing the wrong shirt at the wrong time. This crap is mostly confined to Glasgow however.

Don't refer to scots as 'Scotch'. Scotch is a drink or a produce not a Scottish person.

Don't refer to Andy Murray or any other successful scot as British or even worse English. They go apeshit about that. You will hear the native cry of 'he's scottish ya bastart'.

Accept that the scots love to see England beaten at any sport. They still think their 'fitba' team are worldbeaters and love to tell you that. I remember in 1978 watching the Scotland football team in a pub. Archie Gemmel scored . The pub erupted and the whole bar started to roar 'Flower of Scotland' whilst pointing at me.

If you want to shut them up about fitba just say 'is that the time? 9 past Haafey'. Haafey was the scottish goalie who let in 9 goals against England in 1961. He emigrated after that.

Male scots don't talk much. They grunt a lot. The joke about the Englishman walking into a scots' pub saying 'hello' to the guys at the bar and being told to 'shut the f**k up, I came here to drink Jimmy, no tae talk' is about right.

Accept you are going to get called an english c**t/bastart/shit. It's no big deal. They have a chip on their shoulders about us (who wouldn't given what was done to them over many centuries) but I've never been truly discriminated against because of my Englishness.

Be aware Scotland is much more left wing/bolshie than England. The tories are the enemy, English, plum- voiced public school boys are hated with particular intensity. Farage/UKIP are hated as well. Farage had to have scores of police ( the f****n polis) to rescue him from a pub in Edinburgh where hundreds of scots had him holed up. Brexit is not supported by two thirds of scots.

Scots see everybody as equals--any posing as a superior will get you a 'dunt in the baas'.

Listen and don't say much until you get your bearings. You are a guest in their country so be respectful.

When you've been here a few years then you can open up and rip the piss out of them. Jock baiting is very enjoyable. They are easily roused, the most easily wound up people in the world. :laugh:

'A guest in their country'!?!?

 

Funny cos anyone who moves to England....Even if they are black as the ace of spades and don't speak a word of English, has to be referred to as British as the rest of us or we are racist. These attacks coming from left wing farage haters like the jocks.

 

Load of pasty faced, country ruining gobshites.

 

Sorry for the rant.

Enjoy your move

 

both good threads from the 2 lads above , :thumbs: but thinking about going to countries to live , and knowing the english are hated , you carnt do this, you carnt say that, fook 'em stay in old england , with all the so called brown/back brits lol. Now if you really want to improve your life for your self and family, and you will be liked and welcomed there, go to New Zealand . my mate sister moved 20 years ago and loves it, he been over to see his sister done bit of hunting , and the people were very friendly to him , and wild pig hunting out there was just top anything , he didn't do it but he will when he goes over next time . :thumbs::yes:

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Well as I said, I have loved my time up there........love the English/Scottish banter........its proper big boys craic.

Like going anywhere, be yourself.......give out what you want to get back......respect the fact that you are an incomer.........fit in.

"Nea bather" as the poor uneducated c**ts are want to say ! Lol

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The english arent hated up here no them all just the ones that come up with money, a silver spoon in there mouth and immediately start trying to change things because its not the way its done in good old England

 

I know a guy come up bought a house in the middle of nowhere and got a lawyer to stop goose shooting on the farm next door and wonder why hes hated hes costing the farmer the revenue from the goose shooting and all the damage is still going on with no way of stopping it

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The english arent hated up here no them all just the ones that come up with money, a silver spoon in there mouth and immediately start trying to change things because its not the way its done in good old England

 

I know a guy come up bought a house in the middle of nowhere and got a lawyer to stop goose shooting on the farm next door and wonder why hes hated hes costing the farmer the revenue from the goose shooting and all the damage is still going on with no way of stopping it

no money or silver spoon here mate lol im just renting the place, which does limit me, but im hoping when im not at work, I can make myself an asset to the estate and maybe earn a bit more freedom over what I can do with the place ;)

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