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[Cheese]

Originally posted by RGX+11 July 2004 - 17:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RGX @ 11 July 2004 - 17:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@11 July 2004 - 17:19
Gemby

Is the red thing a whale?

And what have you written over the Hebrides?

The red thing is a kiss mark I beleive and the writing says Scots.

@ Cheese: You&#39;re next lover-boy.... [/b][/quote]
You&#39;ll find me in Arcadia&#39;s closet.

[Biggles]

Ok

Scots I could read.

However, Lips and m wah sort of make sense.

[Rat Faced]

Well, during the Napoleonic Wars a French Ship sank of the coast of Hartlepool (about 50 miles south of Newcastle), the only survivor being a monkey that the French must have had as a Mascot of some type.

Never having seen or heard of Monkeys, and never having seen any Frenchmen...assumed the Monkey was a French Spy and hung it.

We have been taking the piss for 200 years...


I assume the southerners have expanded this to include the whole of the North.

[RGX]

Originally posted by Rat Faced@11 July 2004 - 17:25
Well, during the Napoleonic Wars a French Ship sank of the coast of Hartlepool (about 50 miles south of Newcastle), the only survivor being a monkey that the French must have had as a Mascot of some type.

Never having seen or heard of Monkeys, and never having seen any Frenchmen...assumed the Monkey was a French Spy and hung it.

We have been taking the piss for 200 years...


I assume the southerners have expanded this to include the whole of the North.

Yup.

We love expansion, its why we have culture.

[hobbes]

Originally posted by Biggles@11 July 2004 - 15:03
The word Jocks has, I think, different connotations in the USA.

Suffice it to say that Jocks in the UK relates to we colourful and friendly Scottish people. By large when I lived in Bath for a few years I prefered Jock to Haggis (or Scottish bastard come to think of it&nbsp; )

Yes Biggles. A Jock is the opposite of a geek/nerd seen here for reference:




A Jock is the muscular good looking athlete who is popular with ladies:





So an American looking at that the labeled map provided by SillyRumors would assume that the person was saying that all the good soccer players come from Scotland.

I&#39;m not sure that was the intent.

[Snee]

...all the good soccer players come from Scotland.

I&#39;m fairly certain not even the scots would agree with that, no offense.

[Cheese]

Though mostly about accents this is a pretty good read:

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/British_English

[Gemby!]

Originally posted by Biggles@11 July 2004 - 17:19
Gemby

Is the red thing a whale?

And what have you written over the Hebrides?

paint isnt my speciality

[Biggles]

Originally posted by hobbes+11 July 2004 - 17:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hobbes @ 11 July 2004 - 17:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Biggles@11 July 2004 - 15:03
The word Jocks has, I think, different connotations in the USA.

Suffice it to say that Jocks in the UK relates to we colourful and friendly Scottish people. By large when I lived in Bath for a few years I prefered Jock to Haggis (or Scottish bastard come to think of it )

Yes Biggles. A Jock is the opposite of a geek/nerd seen here for reference:




A Jock is the muscular good looking athlete who is popular with ladies:





So an American looking at that the labeled map provided by SillyRumors would assume that the person was saying that all the good soccer players come from Scotland.

I&#39;m not sure that was the intent. [/b][/quote]
Alas not these days



There was a time not so long ago when that would not have been so far from the truth.

However, I suspect there is one element missing from your description of US Jocks (if movies I have seen are to be believed) and that is the brain capacity of a retarded sauropod. This would not go down well with the somewhat traditional outlook of educational institutes in Scotland.

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