Is this a humiliation for Glasgow? ?

Alegrias1

I have in the past been known to draw a map.

? More often than not, mentioning the Auld Alliance helped as one neighbour explained to me this was part of a history lesson at school. A few people also knew about Nessie and I kept the myth going, bien sur!

School history was where my exchange student learned about the dual nationality ,he was late teens when we had him here in 2006 so it was still being taught then ,

Maremia

Sometimes it helped if you said 'Marie Stuart', with an accent of course. They seemed to get it then.

Which accent, French or Scottish.

As Mary Stuart said in a Scottish accent translates to Marie Stuart in French with a French accent. If it was understood, I would think the accent used was French!

I'm going to guess French as well because if it had been Scots, it would have been "Stewart"

We three are in agreement! Does that make us a clique? It would be even more appropriate if clique was a French word, but I dont think it is!

Marydoll

We three are in agreement! Does that make us a clique? It would be even more appropriate if clique was a French word, but I dont think it is!

It is. Principally used for military musicians.

Petera, I stand corrected. I only went back to late 18th century English, but I now know differently.

1711, "an exclusive party of persons; a small set, especially one associating to arrogate power or privilege," from obsolete French clique, which meant originally (14c.) "a sharp noise," also "latch, bolt of a door," from Old French cliquer "click, clatter, crackle, clink,"

I am hanging my head in shame. I can longer claim to be a linguist.

PS, do you want to join our clique? We do make quite a lot of noise!

Marydoll

*Petera*, I stand corrected. I only went back to late 18th century English, but I now know differently.

1711, "an exclusive party of persons; a small set, especially one associating to arrogate power or privilege," from obsolete French clique, which meant originally (14c.) "a sharp noise," also "latch, bolt of a door," from Old French cliquer "click, clatter, crackle, clink,"

I am hanging my head in shame. I can longer claim to be a linguist.

PS, do you want to join our clique? We do make quite a lot of noise!

Quite appropriate as apparently it comes from claque. It seems claquers were a group of people distributed around an audience to encourage applause. So the sound (and claque is still used for 'slap') become the group of people.

And, it seems, presumably because of the noise, cliques sometimes means 'clogs'.

Just learning this myself so you're only nanoseconds behind me.

I’m surprised insulate Britain aren’t sticking themselves to the roads in and around Glasgow, perhaps they don’t appreciate the difference, so are staying with London.

French influence changed Stewart to Stuart/Steuart because of the absence of the letter ‘W’ in the French alphabet.

Jaxjacky

I’m surprised insulate Britain aren’t sticking themselves to the roads in and around Glasgow, perhaps they don’t appreciate the difference, so are staying with London.

Whatever they do or don’t appreciate Jax I for one would be happy for them to remain in London.
We are full up here. ?

Today's news.

1) no strikes
2) the rats are shown to be worse in Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool, London and Sheffield etc etc.... (pestcontrol.co.uk October survey)
3)Praise from the international community for the organisation by the Scottish Government.

Anyone want to apologise for slandering Glasgow?

It's just an incredible amount of anti-Scottish hate in this thread. Small wonder that we want away from all this.

Nicola Sturgeon has handed rail workers a pay rise and a £300 bonus to avoid strikes on public transport as Glasgow hosts the Cop26 climate change summit.

Staff will get a 2.5% wage increase, backdated to April 1st this year, sharply contrasting with a pay freeze for rail workers across England and Wales.

Who slandered Glasgow? My OP asked a question. It wasn’t a statement!

Several newspapers slandered Glasgow. I wonder whether they will apologise? That was a question, too. Questions can be rhetorical and make a statement without expecting an answer.

Perhaps libel rather than slander? Slander is spoken, libel is printed/published

Urmstongran

Nicola Sturgeon has handed rail workers a pay rise and a £300 bonus to avoid strikes on public transport as Glasgow hosts the Cop26 climate change summit.

Staff will get a 2.5% wage increase, backdated to April 1st this year, sharply contrasting with a pay freeze for rail workers across England and Wales.

Urmstongran you really need to stop believing that everything you read in the Telegraph is true.

What part isn’t true?

If the proposed rail strikes are not going ahead as planned, then what else has happened to call it off?

Urmstongran

What part isn’t true?

That on top of everything else, Nicola runs the wages negotiations between Scotrail and Unite.

Maybe she's got one of those Time Turners that Hermione had in Harry Potter so that she can go back in time and be in at least two places at once.

Okay.

Well ‘Scotland has handed rail workers ...’
The news is still the same.

No, its not though is it?

Becuase the Telegraph really, really want everyone in rUK to think that Nicola is the only politician we have and that we're all in thrall to her, and that she and only she makes every decision in the whole of Scotland, about everything.

Well she disnae.

Would you say "England have handed rail workers...." etc.

Nah, ye wou'dnae.

When did Scotrail become interchangeable with Scotland? Their franchise doesn't conclude until 31 March 2022.

Alegrias1

No, its not though is it?

Becuase the Telegraph really, really want everyone in rUK to think that Nicola is the only politician we have and that we're all in thrall to her, and that she and only she makes every decision in the whole of Scotland, about everything.

Well she disnae.

Would you say "England have handed rail workers...." etc.

Nah, ye wou'dnae.

Come on Alegrias1, it's all very simple. Just repeat the mantra after me

"Rishi Sunak raises incomes - good
Anyone in Scotland raises incomes - bad
Rishi Sunak raises incomes - good
Anyone in Scotland raises incomes - bad..."

I can guarantee you that, after a few hours, you will have brainwashed yourself and there will be no need to rely on the Telegraph to do it for you.