"Scots heritage" Topic

Although I am a citizen of the US, I take great pride in my Scots heritage. There is only one problem. There is a vile, ethnocentric myth that Scots are cheap. When I am hunting for bargains, people say "He's just a tightwad Scotsman!" and they won't give me a discount. Is there a way to teach the world that Scotsmen are not cheap which doesn't cost any money?

It's no bein' cheap laddie,it's aboot bein' canny.

I'm every bit as thrifty as a Scott, and I play one on telly.

Cheap and Scot should not be used in the same sentence, unless it is about being sentenced, as in: "That Scot got off cheap!"

I too am no weill when folks try to charge a braw pennie for a cadger's curse. I ask for a wee discount such that I'm not atween the wind an the wa. It is a cauld comfort when a tradesman requires that I pey the mail. He claims, "I have nae truck fer the likes of ye." A man's got to mak saut ti ane's kail. Rather than tak the dorts, I cock the wee finger with a bit of peet-reek and return in grand fettle spoiling to tak him doun a hack. Thaut's richt fair. Does thaut answer the queystion?

Hell, I've got Scots on my father's side, and Jewish on my mother's. I squeeze pennies until they scream!

Scots are nay cheap – they are close

And no one – and I mean no one – is as cheap as my Indian friends – Hell, they're actually proud of it

As another note as to Scots heritage, I do not have a molecule of Celtic or Anglo-Saxon blood – but my wife's grand-mother was a Scot from Sterling

Apparently it does not take much Scottish blood to excite the heritage genes – as No. 2 son is a bag-piper

If you're going to claim Scottish heritage you could at least learn the spelling of our town names, it's Stirling – not Sterling.

My Mother's Father's side has some Scot ancestors. I'm pretty thrifty so go figure.

It came about because kilts didn't have pockets so the Scots could never buy their round at the bar…..:).

I am scots/Irish/english/welsh and French hugenot so have no idea what ethnocentric slurs I attract…….someone once managed to link money, peat bogs, warm beer and sheep in one insult but the French bit threw him.

Next time they call you tight run 'em through with your dirk….

I've got some Scots ancestors and I'm not stingy but then they were border reivers.

Well, with the Higgs Boson, the Scottish physicist Higgs will give you heathens cheap, limitless power…but you have to eat neeps, tatties and haggis, washed with a dram, to earn the right to the power.

Did ye niver spy a Scot wearin' the kilt and gheltboidle korsun0? Thon whaur yon siller be. A'll awa noo.

@korsun0,

Tis an ill oor. Flooglestreet has swatched yir siller. If Ah wis nae blooter'd, I'd help ye troonce the dobber.

I am 100% Scot, and I am constantly accused of being way too generous.. typically the last time I was in a Scottish pub, (with Australians and South Africans) it was me first at the bar to buy the round. (And it was my Stag night..)

I think it's an old calumny put about because as a nation the Scots were much poorer than their English relatives.

flooglestreet I'll hold yer coat whilst you deal with these wee pesky gnats.

but you have to eat neeps, tatties and haggis, washed with a dram,

Aye and that not be a bad thing!

I'll spend my money as I see fit. If one has nasty things to say about me, say them. If to my face it might be seen a constructive. If to my back then it's where it belongs. And so's the sayer.

you know what they say, 'a scotsman is only a yorkshireman with the generosity squeezed out of him!'

8-)

regards

jim

Good lord! Scotsmen sir, thousands of 'em. I need a second it would appear.

Awa wit ye, korsun0, and yer dwaib John Bull.

Like The Gray Ghost, my Scots ancestors found that you never needed to spare the brass if you brought enough steel and the Bells had a lot of steel at their disposal. I usually refer to them as cattle brokers, because they took peoples' cattle and left them broker.

LT

Never a good Scotch man around when you need one.

"Scots" G Dog, "Scotch" is a brand of tape.

In Wales we have 'Cardis' (i.e. people from Cardigan and the county of Ceredigion). They're like Scotsmen with the generous streak removed.