at least you got an apology bruneep…. 🙄

Juan do you speak with a French or a german accent? (note use of capitals)

Well 05/06/09 somebody was going to mention it:-)

What about John Barrowman??

Born, and brought up in Glasgow, to Scotish parents, but now talks like a fully paid up Septic…

I though Keira was delightfully English in Pride & Prejudice!

Oh, she IS English 😳

Teetosugars – Member

What about John Barrowman??

Born, and brought up in Glasgow, to Scotish parents, but now talks like a fully paid up Septic…

He did live there for 14-15 years…

Just testing the water here…

Couldn’t British people’s percieved xenophobia (if this is the case) be attributed to the love/hate relationship british people have with each other? Britain is reasonably unique in that it is actually a union of 4 countries. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We could even include Cornishland if we wanted. The cross border banter between these countries is centuries old and complex, and can appear to be, to outsiders, fairly harsh.

IF this banter is used when describing occupants of other countries it could often be interpreted as being far more malicious than it actually is. What this has done is enabled us to happily laugh at international differences such as accents and stereotypes without it being nasty and make some very succesful comedies that could draw a sharp intake of garlic flavoured breath elsewhere…oops.

isn’t that the traditional bully/racist excuse “Oh, I’m just kidding!” ??

again sfb argues in extremis

I thought you’d weaned yourself off that lazy habit Simon?

You are not wrong in isolation, but you have taken the situation out of it’s widely understood context to create some sort of accusation…much like our prissy little friend above.

No, it’s not. It’s completely bi-directional. People who can socialise at that level do it all the time, both ways. It’s a common theme amongst many intra-british ethnic groups although I understand if you have difficulty comprehending that.

Edit: I’ll also suggest that even amongst English diverse groups it’s an extremely common banter path. The North South divide is always good for a laugh as it inter city stereotyping. None of it is malicious, all the parties take it in good humour[1] and no-one finds it offensive in any way.

[1]you need a sense of humour.