tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post1255178412505430223..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: Nach DeutschlandDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-27122520525961287772007-09-19T16:50:00.000+01:002007-09-19T16:50:00.000+01:00Thanks, all. "How does one look Scottish?"With som...Thanks, all. <BR/><BR/>"How does one look Scottish?"<BR/><BR/>With some difficulty if one is not born to it as Gordon Jackson was.<BR/><BR/>"[P]lease let me know if they still get their hair cut short around the ears."<BR/><BR/>Not that I saw, though I did see some very large and fine moustaches.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-60304751555863957672007-09-18T21:27:00.000+01:002007-09-18T21:27:00.000+01:00Devon?Good luck!Devon?<BR/>Good luck!Sky Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154273736917461358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-32702622966655212932007-09-17T21:25:00.000+01:002007-09-17T21:25:00.000+01:00Well I've been disporting myself on the beaches of...Well I've been disporting myself on the beaches of Devon which seem to be aswarm with Scots. Happily, I enjoy intelligent company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-13547121230966610232007-09-16T15:50:00.000+01:002007-09-16T15:50:00.000+01:00"Whitewall" haircuts are no longer the style in fr..."Whitewall" haircuts are no longer the style in fröhliches Deutschland. Joschka Fischer's white mane could compete with any U.S. Senator's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-32562555244390503702007-09-13T22:14:00.000+01:002007-09-13T22:14:00.000+01:00If you don't mind, please let me know if they stil...If you don't mind, please let me know if they still get their hair cut short around the ears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-3707776005501468422007-09-13T21:39:00.000+01:002007-09-13T21:39:00.000+01:00Never mind Deog-wait till you get back, along with...Never mind Deog-wait till you get back, along with Bodie and Doyle.Sky Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154273736917461358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-13160375040024456362007-09-10T05:11:00.000+01:002007-09-10T05:11:00.000+01:00I thought that this objection might be lodged, but...I thought that this objection might be lodged, but the 'Irish' part is not really Irish. It merely identifies the Scots who lived in Northern Ireland before heading on to North America.<BR/><BR/>The hard-drinking goes way back, as Walter McDougall notes in <I>Freedom Just Around the Corner</I>, but perhaps modern-day Scots are different.<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-80984978910437591902007-09-09T14:38:00.000+01:002007-09-09T14:38:00.000+01:00But the very fact that there is an Irish mixture p...But the very fact that there is an Irish mixture permits the conventional and universal association with alcohol. If the Ozarkians were only of Scottish descent, without the Irish component, then there might not be the predisposition to get drunk as a skunk on every available occasion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-66114972953839669912007-09-09T07:17:00.000+01:002007-09-09T07:17:00.000+01:00Well, speaking as one from a Scotch-Irish cultural...Well, speaking as one from a Scotch-Irish cultural area, namely the Ozarks region of northern Arkansas where people drink to get <I>skunk drunk</I>, I might have some notion...<BR/><BR/>But if not, then I can perhaps be excused if the original Scots ain't like us.<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-36474239179819552692007-09-09T04:57:00.000+01:002007-09-09T04:57:00.000+01:00Indeed, even as the son of a native Caledonian, I ...Indeed, even as the son of a native Caledonian, I can't imagine a reason why one might associate a Scotch mien with alcohol.Malcolm Pollackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589628469540807380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-31989486554072101602007-09-09T00:53:00.000+01:002007-09-09T00:53:00.000+01:00"Just look a bit sottish"I know that the mention o..."Just look a bit sottish"<BR/><BR/>I know that the mention of <I>Ireland</I> or <I>Irish</I> will engender an immediate reference to alcohol, but I didn't expect that with the mention of <I>Scottish</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-62555594571198982792007-09-08T16:26:00.000+01:002007-09-08T16:26:00.000+01:00German Deogolwulf? Will have to think this one ou...German Deogolwulf? Will have to think this one out.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-82579223361573961232007-09-07T21:11:00.000+01:002007-09-07T21:11:00.000+01:00Just look a bit sottish, and you're nearly there.A...Just look a bit sottish, and you're nearly there.<BR/><BR/>As I recall, Deogolwulf devoted a recent, summer weekend to his sottish heritage...<BR/><BR/>Jeffery Hodges<BR/><BR/>* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-78997586815543135662007-09-07T13:19:00.000+01:002007-09-07T13:19:00.000+01:00How does one look Scottish?How does one look Scottish?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-53451705538343571902007-09-06T23:42:00.000+01:002007-09-06T23:42:00.000+01:00Viel Spass!Viel Spass!Judge373https://www.blogger.com/profile/13749134457209322067noreply@blogger.com