Quote Originally Posted by NeonGod
That you would say something like this makes me laugh. It almost seems like English humour. And it doesn't matter whether or not "whiskey" takes an 'e'; it's a phonetic spelling.
I was just making the point to the above post who highlighted its spelling with an "e".

The other day, my boss told me I wasn't cheerful enough, and that he'd received a few complaints/comments about it. The whole thing seemed to be part ridiculous and part hilarious. Anyway, later that day, an English who'd married a Scot comes into the store. We talk, I sell her some stuff, blah blah blah. Then she goes on and on about things Scottish, like everyone does, and announces that Scots are all dour people, and that she should know - she married one. It made my day.

Anyway, there's something fundamentally different about the Scottish dour demeanor and the English bully syndrome described in the 'article' (read: aimless rant).

I rather liked the piece, but it's in need of some direction.
Scots may be dour, but many still have that bully syndrome and be angry. A damn sight many of the people I know are angry much of the time, as well as dour. The jokes are generally the same, but that may be just because they migrated north of the border. We still have a similar sense of humour, but express it much more solemnly. Only the Young Scots (we have cards for discounts which can be used across Europe to prove we are Scots, it's fun) laugh out loud generally, I have rarely heard my father laugh, or my grandfather, or any teachers.

This person is the type who tries to find any vice the English have and mock them for it, even though many Scots have the same quality. The SNP objects to the House of Lords as a bastion of British dominance over Scotland. Why-- I do no know. The old Scottish Parliament was mostly Barons and Lords, and a good many lords are Scottish.