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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
