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Princess Margret
LOL:D
That was a bit nasty :eek:
[QEII type voice]One- well two if you count Phil-the-Greek, was not best amused at that. Me Mum thinks we should have you down the Tower to be detained at my pleasure. 2pm Friday do you, luv?[/QEII type voice]
She's QE I to you, isn't she?
Sorry if I'm being a bit thick, ID- had a trying day what with redundancies and restructuring goings on - but, um, you lost me there?Quote:
Originally posted by InvisibleDuncan
She's QE I to you, isn't she?
[thinks]Is this some kind of snide reference to Sassenachs......[/thinks]
Sassenach are Saxons right ? From Sachsen, Germany ? :confused:
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Originally posted by Wally Pipp
Sassenach are Saxons right ? From Sachsen, Germany ? :confused:
Um, no, not quite .... Most Scots think anyone born South of them, is a Sassenach. I'd guess the word means Southerner? My Dad's from Perth (Scotland, not bloody WA) and so he always called my late Mum a Sassenach. She was a Glaswegian!
I meant the word itself.
I thought it was derived from Saxon and was then generally used for those south of Scotland (effectively the English, who are Saxons I believe).
Saxony or Sachsen is a region in Germany AFAIK.
Am I so wrong here ?
Probably not.... we'll have to wait for the InimitableDuncan to respond.Quote:
Originally posted by Wally Pipp
Am I so wrong here ?
:eek:Quote:
Originally posted by Jim Brown
Probably not.... we'll have to wait for the IrritableDuncan to respond.
/shuts up and shuffle out the back door
Time to dig out the carrot poison, I reckon. :p
Sassenach does indeed mean "Saxon" (as does "Sais" in Welsh). It's usually taken to mean "lowlander", rather than "English", as so many Scottish lowlanders originated from England. Jim - did your Mum call your Dad a chuchter?
Queen Liz (Gawd bless 'er) is Elizabeth II for England and Wales, but Elizabeth I for the other areas of her dominion.
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Originally posted by InvisibleDuncan
Time to dig out the carrot poison, I reckon. :p
Sassenach does indeed mean "Saxon" (as does "Sais" in Welsh). It's usually taken to mean "lowlander", rather than "English", as so many Scottish lowlanders originated from England. Jim - did your Mum call your Dad a chuchter? Yes, always. Is that bad?
Queen Liz (Gawd bless 'er) is Elizabeth II for England and Wales, but Elizabeth I for the other areas of her dominion. Ah, thought it was something like that...
Well, "chucht" is Scots for "gutter"...Quote:
Originally posted by Jim Brown
Yes, always. Is that bad?
:p Brilliant joke :p