tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post1659875844168741274..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Wilson & Grahame: where do we find these people?Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-28895038971732753242009-06-28T22:51:12.058+01:002009-06-28T22:51:12.058+01:00Great post. I agree almost entirely.
I covered the...Great post. I agree almost entirely.<br />I covered the Bill Wilson story myself, albeit far less eloquently here http://bigrab.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/bill-wilson-what-a-tumshie/<br />Glad to have found you.bigrabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00654134055046243317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-85343490367137419142009-06-28T13:15:14.666+01:002009-06-28T13:15:14.666+01:00Mr or Mrs Anonymous, unlike the other Uncle Monty,...Mr or Mrs Anonymous, unlike the other Uncle Monty, I do not mean to have you, even if it must be burglary.<br /><br />The problem Ms Graham created for maximum self flag wrapping could have been quietly solved if she'd merely spoken to the Minister responsible for the SNL. However, it did kick off the whole 'Whose flag is it?' debate...Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028259430483576141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-68503060805576691882009-06-24T18:13:54.209+01:002009-06-24T18:13:54.209+01:00I agree with you in principle. Having said that, ...I agree with you in principle. Having said that, the National Library 'banning' of the Saltire was on the front page of the Daily Record today. The most pro SNP front page I have ever seen.<br /><br />I do not suggest that there is method in CG's madness, but the accidental outcome may net us a few more votes....<br /><br />Re. Bill Wilson.. No excuse and nothing gained from his potty rant.<br /><br />Spring onions are still called syboes by Glaswegian people of a certain age by the way.Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383904151475839441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-35968228874881551332009-06-24T15:01:18.764+01:002009-06-24T15:01:18.764+01:00I suppose I'll just have to submit to the char...I suppose I'll just have to submit to the characteristics nature has blessed me with, Subrosa. ;) Although, being such a polite young man, I'd never presume to allege you were even capable of a single, isolated "gurn"! <br /><br />My sympathies are very much with the point Laurence raises. In part, starting to write this blog in early 2009 is my attempt to express a different sort of nationalism than one more regularly observes. I hope, in this, to be contributing positively to a wider, more differentiated picture of the nationalist cause.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-92028649246056430482009-06-24T14:47:57.665+01:002009-06-24T14:47:57.665+01:00"Foulkes in a blonde wig"! I can already..."Foulkes in a blonde wig"! I can already envisage Ms Grahame's defamation writ winging its way towards you as I type, Montague Burton.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-4790577716029537242009-06-24T11:21:53.043+01:002009-06-24T11:21:53.043+01:00I agree to an extent Mr Worrier. I do think Mr Wil...I agree to an extent Mr Worrier. I do think Mr Wilson is trying to mine a seam of populist sentiment but I also think that there is a more worthy element to his suggestion. <br />Culture lies in the difference and much of that is framed by language. The present situation vis a vis Scots words and usage (I would hesitate to describe Scots as a language nowadays), means that many of us feel these words are somehow illegitimate and that has the effect of undermining confidence in our distinctiveness, our culture.<br />Is that important? I think so. It can certainly be damaging, not just on the national cultural level, but on the individual psychological level.voiceofourownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09821703633244094283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-41349898060109809352009-06-24T10:44:59.531+01:002009-06-24T10:44:59.531+01:00I just wish there was more of the *other* kind of ...I just wish there was more of the *other* kind of nationalist in the media... there is too much emphasis on silliness which rightly puts those who are not yet convinced off.<br /><br />I'm bored of people assuming that because I'm nationalist-leaning that I must be a crazed kilt-worshipping dough-heid. <br /><br />I don't think the intellectual arguments are focused on sufficiently, with the result that plenty of intelligent people who might otherwise be interested ignore the SNP as a waste of time.Laurencehttp://www.plastikwrap.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-27132396558969212052009-06-24T10:15:30.847+01:002009-06-24T10:15:30.847+01:00Good morning Lallands. I know you don't mean ...Good morning Lallands. I know you don't mean to sound like a crippling snob but you do. :)<br /><br />Like Monty I'm all for saving our culture and if that requires having a few hysterical MSPs then so be it.<br /><br />Now I'll be labelled as a gurning cybernat. Never mind, I've been called much worse. :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-57582922105722636562009-06-24T08:09:28.455+01:002009-06-24T08:09:28.455+01:00These campaigns (see also La Grahame's plan to...These campaigns (see also La Grahame's plan to dig up Mary Queen of Scots and reinterr her in Holyrood) are a pox on nationalism, an embarrassment to the body politic, and no more likely to attract readers of said titles than the Maximum Eck dancing naked through their nightmares. If any other Uncle Monties out there think otherwise they're aff their heids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-30204118875250639582009-06-24T00:21:48.713+01:002009-06-24T00:21:48.713+01:00Och Graham, is a flake, but essentially harmless. ...Och Graham, is a flake, but essentially harmless. Like Foulkes in a blonde wig, if you will.<br /><br />I liked the Scots in supermarket story. I tire of blackberries over brambles. I refer to my phone as a bramble. <br /><br />Use of Scots in schools is reaping huge rewards with kids who were told to keep their ain tongue in the playground and out of the classroom. <br /><br />Rather than giving into the globalisation of the Lingua franca, I like the fact that wee wifies can do their messages and ask for a panloaf, mashloch, scallions, grice, capon, coney, cran and clootie without getting the dry boak frae a kenspeckled loon.<br /><br />I suggest Mr Peat Worrier that you fail to grasp that these are populist measures of out-plebbing the Unionists, by Wilson and Graham which will result in more Post, Mailand Express and Record readers being aware of their own, hitherto hidden culture and those Nationalist politicians endeavouring to preserve it.Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028259430483576141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-68459622508275753452009-06-23T23:32:07.264+01:002009-06-23T23:32:07.264+01:00Well said that man.Well said that man.Nat on your lifenoreply@blogger.com