Things that bug you about globalization!

[general jack o'niell]

have a nice day, yowl

[Bobbie En Tejas]

I suspect at one time there were those laughing their a$$ off at the English "God be with you," which eventually turned into goodbye. Who knows.. "have a good day" may someday be shortened to haggaday.

[Sweltered]

I am more likely to say have a nice day than anyone around here....then again, most of them are from NJ

[bill]

Missing you already

[ionnsaigh]

Being up earlier than usual on a saturday morning, I switched on the telly and chanced upon Winnie the Pooh and just realised that it bugs me that a British creation has an American accent, thanks to the Disney organization.
Here are some of my others; Pinatas, Trick or treat( as opposed to halloween), Starbucks, McDonalds, Dude, Buddy etc etc.
Apologies in advance to our colonial cousins, you are not to blame. It is our fault that we don't try harder to hold on to our culture. I suppose, if you go back further we can blame anglo saxon influence for our loss of language.
Any thoughts ?

What is a British creation ? other than your own peculiar brand of force fed English globalisation. What is a British accent?. Being British is a product of English globalisation. It bugs me when a fellow Scot wraps himself up in the Brit illusion.

[ionnsaigh]

Particularly when they have the unique blend of language associated with Campbeltown and Kintyre.

[general jack o'niell]

yir a hoora man richt enuff, so ye ur

shoona puck oan yu, way ah thon sh!te aboot inglish langage an stuff, it gies me the dry boak ha'in ta wa'ch feckin eastenners and other stuff based in the laiks oh nucassle or manchesser or liverpool an be expectid tae unnerstan wit there sayin, while oor accent haes ta get waatturd doon jest so the fowks doon sooth don nide sub fekin titles, n at.

yisd think it wis a forren tung laik they hae in peetrheid!!!

[ionnsaigh]

Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech.

[Sweltered]

I'd love to see the average weegie confronted by a pure bred Brocher.

[Friend of Dorothy]

Being up earlier than usual on a saturday morning, I switched on the telly and chanced upon Winnie the Pooh and just realised that it bugs me that a British creation has an American accent, thanks to the Disney organization.
Here are some of my others; Pinatas, Trick or treat( as opposed to halloween), Starbucks, McDonalds, Dude, Buddy etc etc.
Apologies in advance to our colonial cousins, you are not to blame. It is our fault that we don't try harder to hold on to our culture. I suppose, if you go back further we can blame anglo saxon influence for our loss of language.
Any thoughts ?

What is a British creation ? other than your own peculiar brand of force fed English globalisation. What is a British accent?. Being British is a product of English globalisation. It bugs me when a fellow Scot wraps himself up in the Brit illusion.

What is your point?
I am not under any illusion and certainly, unlike you, I am not dillusional.
AA. Milne was British, albeit that he was born in England which, like it or not, is part of Britain. The stories are set in an English wood. As for the rest of my post, I did not mention English or England once. When I refer to language I am talking about Gaelic or Scots. Please take time to understand what you are reading before you decide to have a senseless rant. It is this sort of blind racism that makes our world such a frightening place at times.
And since you have a big chip on your shoulder about OUR identity, why do YOU use BRITISH Telecom? Also, Microsoft isn't a product from the peoples cooperative of Maryhill.
GET A GRIP

[ionnsaigh]

AA. Milne was English, absolutely nothing wrong with that, equally it is fair to say the Hugh Macdiarmid is Scottish.
You attempt to lump them together by slapping on the term British. This serves neither well.
Britain is a corruption, the dominant English culture has swamped our own culture- to such an extent that we are in dire danger of becoming little more than- a mere tartan clad whiskey drinking joke- that fell off a shortbread tin.
So I become a blind racist -when attempting to assert my own Celtic heritage and culture. Steve Biko was tarred with the same brush when attempting to raise Black South African consciousness.

The term, "a senseless rant" -perhaps points to your own emotional responses- when it comes to dealing with constructive criticism
I use British Telecom, I have a Brit Passport, a brit driving licence a brit TV licence, National Insurance Number,
health number, army -navy- air force- all brit. Where is me in that lot?. Drowning in the wave of Britishness- that's were.
As for blaming ourselves for the impact of American culture -yes your right enough there- Friend Of Dorothy.
AOL isn't -Argyll On Line - or is it?.

[Sweltered]

He's not really comparing himself to Steve Biko...is he Surely not

[gromit]

:shock: He's not really comparing himself to Steve Biko...is he Surely not

He's got more in common with Winnie-the-Pooh.

[Sheik Yir Erse]

LOL Sweltered - I've always thought Ionns was more comparable to the likes of Mahatma Ghandi

Welcome to the People's Democratic Republic of Drumchapel

[ionnsaigh]

Sweltered,
in a word no.
The comparison is found in the response.