Ted Hastings wrote:

> I think it's worth mentioning that the difference probably originates
> from the fact that Glasgow was an industrial city, while Edinburgh
> was a commercial centre, and the inhabitan[ts] of the two cities (if
> they ever met at all) as very different types of people...

Again perpetuating stereotypes...

> William McIlvanney once described the journey between Glasgow and
> Edinburgh as "a short distance, but a long way"...

It's the glib comment of a journalist, but it does betray the old
prejudices very aptly. As long as the McIlvanneys of the world keep
recycling this sort of stuff we'll bask in parochial bliss.

-- 
Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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