Tom Hamilton - 17 Dec 06 - 03:03 PM

"I agree DtG the English , because the Scots, Welsh and Cornish are Celts like the Irish as well as the Manx people. and we all have one thing in common hate the English well some of us anyway."

Well Tom I know you are from around Irvine, actually very few people who call themselves Irish, Scots, Welsh and Cornish can establish the fact that they are Celts.

Everything went into the melting pot a long time ago.

If you subscribe to the philosophy that just because you are "Scots" there is this common hatred of the English, then quite frankly I pity you. I am myself a Scot, I do not "hate" anybody based on their race, creed or colour - certainly not on their nationality - Remember that we're all Jock Tamson's bairns - that includes the English Tom.

For the non-Scots just by way of explanation:

"We're aw Jock Tamson's Bairns" (Lowland Scots for we're all John Thomson's children) is a popular saying in Scotland and is known in other parts of the world. Nowadays, the phrase is often used to mean "we're all the same under the skin".

It has been suggested as a euphemism for God, so the saying could mean "we are all God's children". Scottish Gaelic also has the shorter saying "Clann MhicTamhais" (Thomson/MacTavish's children/clan). This is a common egalitarian sentiment in Scottish national identity, also evident in the popularity of the Robert Burns song A Man's A Man for A' That.