The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #64211   Message #1048478
Posted By: katlaughing
05-Nov-03 - 11:49 AM
Thread Name: Highlander Radio
Subject: RE: Highlander Radio
LOL, okay! If ya look in HERE, Joe Offer has enlightened us on that bit. And, ljc, may he rest in peace and bless his heart, posted this a while back:

BLAUSTEIN, Richard (East Tennessee State University) STALKING THE ELUSIVE TEUCHTER JOKE: EXPLORING SCOTTISH INTER-REGIONAL HUMOR. Are teuchters Scotland's hillbillies? Though Scottish inter-regional humor concerning highlanders and Gaelic speakers does exist, teuchters are overshadowed by the residents of Aberdeen, typified as exceedingly canny and thrifty, also overly intimate with sheep. Just as other people tell demeaning jokes about Scottish misers and "sheepshaggers," Scots tell these very same jokes about Aberdonians. The principal numskulls in Scottish humor are not teuchters but the Irish. It is noteworthy that the Irish tell these same jokes about Kerrymen, just as American jokes about hillbillies become West Virginia jokes in Southern Appalachia.

BTW, I take back what I said about the President's programme. I prefer the older, trad stuff. The lyrics and tunes were okay of most of the songs, but a tad over-produced for my taste. Still love the history they express, though.