Do the English really hate Scotland and Wales that much?

[RATTER15]

Following on from another thread, I see so many anti Scottish comments, Ive always been aware of a little friction between England Scotland and Wales but I didn't realise it was quite so obvious.

[mike11111]

A flitch is a side of bacon.

[Arti]

Mike, you old git ;)

[Carakeel]

I really like all three, the English, Scots and Welsh, to be honest. This might be because I am Irish (so a celt), born in London (by accident, lol!) and lived in Wales for a while as a child. I do think there are differences in the characters of the people I know from each area though. The Scots do seem to be a bit more abrupt in their ways, while the Welsh seem far gentler and the English seem to be somewhere in the middle with both sides represented. But it also could be mostly to do with the accents -some being courser than others.Then again, one shouldn't really generalise (as my father used to say)! I take each person as I find them and don't mind where they are from. Makes life easier! As for me, I'm a very gentle Irish person. I doubt that there is hatred between the Scots, English and Welsh. Dislike maybe. :o)

[carlton23]

When I was a drove coaches around Wales & Scotland I never felt any animoscity from either until I got to Glasgow, when I was beaten up because I bought the `hated` English to their country. Mind you, they were `stoned` out of their minds at the time

[anneasquith]

RATTER, one visit ti scotland...... intollerent harsh and drunks !!!!!!!

[Carakeel]

You're most welcome Pixi, lol!

[Bobbisox]

I have visited Scotland many times and always found the Scots very friendly,perhaps it is because I understand the dialect easily.
Wales, I have been there twice, my only problem was whenever we went to a shop or pub, they immediately decided to speak Welsh??
so giving out a feeling of isolation

[mike11111]

That is why I decided to teach myself Welsh - just to wrong-foot them.

[RATTER15]

Anne my judgements are made from the people I have met over the course of my life and various experiences not a weekend in Scotland as during that weekend we actually only met a few people while we were collecting our puppy.

[annie0000]

If the English hate the Scots so much, why are most of them living up here? You struggle to find a Scottish accent in highland villages in particular. House prices have been pushed up to above the reach of locals by people selling up their London flats and buying up homes here. If I was in there position, I would do exactly the same though. Like England, people from different parts of Scotland have different characters, accents and opinions. Sometimes the accent can sound harsh, but it is still a favoured accent for call centres, particularly the Inverness accent which has been called the purest form of spoken English in the UK.

[mike11111]

I live in Whitley Bay which, until about 40 years ago, was THE holiday destination for people from Glasgow. In fact two weeks of the summer were known locally as the Glasgow fortnight. For whatever reason some of them decided not to return home (p!ssed and missed the last train?) and decided to settle here, but they never cease to remind us of how superior things are back home in Bonnie Scotland. They show no inclination to return, however.

[annie0000]

lol Mike - maybe we should do some repatriation exchanges? I could chuck in a pile of SNP voters (and Alex Salmond) too - that would maybe help encourage some people to come back.

[boxtops]

Since I have in my time married two Scotsmen and my father was Welsh, I think I'd better plead the Fifth Amendment on this one! When I lived in Scotland, I found it the other way round - most people were fine, but several guys I worked with were resiliently ant-English in all things. It was highly embarrassing for me to find that I (brought up in England) ignorantly used the adjective "English" when I used to mean "British" - I learned quickly.

[Bobbisox]

arrh, Mike, Scottish Fortnight, I remember it well
WB was like little Glasgow...

[redman41]

It is the Bigots in our society that cause problems.
I like the Welsh, Scottish and Irish people in general.

[haysi06]

Hi Ratter15, I'm Scottish and can honestly say that the English people that hate me don't hate me because I'm Scottish.... :P

There's a fair bit of banter between Scots and English and I've never taken any of it seriously. If people have a grudge let that be their problem.

[4getmenot]

totally agree with you ratter. Wales and scotland lovely apart from glasgow. And defo agree that north wales hate english folk but then they hate south welsh people too

[joeluke]

We hate the Scots and Welsh just as much as they hate us

[douglas9401]

Hate? Really?