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Re: Scotland and Wales

There is no such thing as an English Nationality,you may have been born in the part of the UK called England and consider yourself English but that is not what it will say on your birth certificate or passport. Perhaps that is why the true Scots,Irish and Welsh are proud of their nationality having a true blood line,where as very few English born people have this.
English people are made up of Romans,Angles,Saxons,Normans and quite a few others including Celts and Vikings.
My surname is predominant on The Isle of Skye,my family came from Strathaird,I can trace my direct lineage back to 1705 on Skye so far. Prior to this our family were Abbott's of Iona Abbey,Lords of the Isles,involved in the 15 and 45 revolutions,imprisoned in the tower of London and SLAUGHTERED for their cause
I don't consider my self antagonistic because of some ones lineage and am quite proud of my own,not being made up in that mixed bag bag that results in some people being unsure of what they are apart from taking their nationality from where they were born.

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Well, I'm German, Welsh, English...and my future kids could be Greek, I really don't care.
I do hope they have Scottish accents too!!!

Can't see the point of the thread Lozzo TBH.

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i dispute that the english have no bloodline in this country what about the celts thats nothing short of racism saying that.

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Originally Posted by Lozzo (Post 2132778)

Television - suggest you google for Paul Nipkow, who invented the whole television process before Baird was born. The 'Nipkow Disc' was the key to Baird's work. Nipkow doesn't sound like a very Scottish name to me.

Pneumatic tyres - Dunlop's pneumatic tyre patent was declared invalid because a man called Thompson declared prior art. In other words, Dunlop didn't invent the pneumatic tyre, someone beat him to it.

Tarmac - Macadam developed a method of sizing stone to use for road building, but the act of adding tar to the stones to bind them together and make the road harder wearing was invented by an American. So Tarmac is an American invention, not Scottish?

All these marvellous (non-Scottish) inventions were patented long after Britain had built an Empire

A comment to be treated with the derision it deserves.

Okay, history lesson time: -

There once was a lady called Elizabeth, whe was a Queen and as she was the first Queen to be called Elizabeth she was thus known as Queen Elizabeth The First.

Try as she might (and she did put it around a bit!!!) she just couldn't fall pregnant & unfortunately passed away leaving no successors to all that land, money, title etc.

Now, following up on some research it was established that her cousin, Mary, (who was a Queen herself - of the Scots variety) was next in line to the English throne.

Unfortunately, following a bit of a family quarrell, Elizabeth had had her head lopped off a few years previous, Oops!!!!!

Mary (Queen of Scots) had a son James, who was at this point known as James VI (that's sixth for those not in the know) of Scotland, who was now the rightfull heir to the English throne. He travelled down and took the crown to be henceforth known as James I.

He was called the first for 2 reasons, one England hadn't had a James yet, also, although technically a VI for Scotland, he was also the first James to be crowned as part of a Union between Scotland & England.

All Kings & Queens since then can trace their line back to James, so it does pose the question, Is Elizabeth II more Scottish than English??

When you bear in mind that Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (The Lovely Queen Mother R.I.P.) is 100% Scottish, then Elizabeth II is 50% Scottish.

At which point in these proceedings would all my English readers like me to bring up the subject of the Germans???

Victoria's husband Albert was German, resulting in all future monarchs since then being half German, half British (which we've already established started with a Scot).

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Originally Posted by grh1904 (Post 2133225)

At which point in these proceedings would all my English readers like me to bring up the subject of the Germans???

Victoria's husband Albert was German, resulting in all future monarchs since then being half German, half British (which we've already established started with a Scot).

:smt016:smt016

Nowt wrong with us Germans...besides she married a Greek, if a Greeks good enough for the queen its good enough for me:D

...with scottish accents;)

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Originally Posted by dizzyblonde (Post 2133230)

Nowt wrong with us Germans...besides she married a Greek, if a Greeks good enough for the queen its good enough for me:D

The whole lot of them have been knocking each other up for generations..... pretty-much inbred now anyway.

And it shows sometimes ;-)

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Originally Posted by Jabba (Post 2133231)

The whole lot of them have been knocking each other up for generations..... pretty-much inbred now anyway.

And it shows sometimes ;-)

Why...do they all have webbed feet?:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by dizzyblonde (Post 2133233)

Why...do they all have webbed feet?:rolleyes:

I was referring to the Royal Families of Europe, not the Greek nation :lol:

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Originally Posted by Jabba (Post 2133238)

I was referring to the Royal Families of Europe, not the Greek nation :lol:

:smt005yes...I gathered that!

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Always a giggle seeing people get a cactus up their 'arris so easily :thumleft: