Comments on: Series: What I learned about the US by living in Scotland, Part III http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2008/06/19/series-what-i-learned-about-the-us-by-living-in-scotland-part-iii/ Adam J. Copeland Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:19:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Margaret http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2008/06/19/series-what-i-learned-about-the-us-by-living-in-scotland-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-988 Margaret Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:49:37 +0000 http://adamcopeland.wordpress.com/?p=295#comment-988 forgot my link - oops forgot my link – oops

]]> By: Margaret http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2008/06/19/series-what-i-learned-about-the-us-by-living-in-scotland-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Margaret Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:48:25 +0000 http://adamcopeland.wordpress.com/?p=295#comment-987 Dear Sir . I wish to intimate - NO!!!!!! I do not intend to be intimate with you - but I do wish to intimate that you are a badly brought up American!!! It's a great deal of fun, actually and I am keenly aware of the cultural differences. But we Scots have a history and you Americans are just wee bairns! Now, I'm not anti American and I have lived here 30 years. The first time my mother-in-law visited us, we had dinner at a bbq restaurant. There was far more food served than we could possibly eat, so we asked for the doggie bag. She was so embarrassed that she waited outside while it was being prepared. But she did enjoy the ribs at a picnic we had the next day. As for the writing style - what can I say? For those of us who went to university in the 60s - Latin was a required subject and maybe that's an influence. I enjoy the formality - don't use it myself, but it's part of my heritage, roots and all those good memories. So, I remain, your humble, obedient servant, Margaret ;-) Dear Sir .

I wish to intimate – NO!!!!!! I do not intend to be intimate with you – but I do wish to intimate that you are a badly brought up American!!!

It’s a great deal of fun, actually and I am keenly aware of the cultural differences.

But we Scots have a history and you Americans are just wee bairns!

Now, I’m not anti American and I have lived here 30 years.

The first time my mother-in-law visited us, we had dinner at a bbq restaurant. There was far more food served than we could possibly eat, so we asked for the doggie bag.

She was so embarrassed that she waited outside while it was being prepared.

But she did enjoy the ribs at a picnic we had the next day.

As for the writing style – what can I say?

For those of us who went to university in the 60s – Latin was a required subject and maybe that’s an influence.

I enjoy the formality – don’t use it myself, but it’s part of my heritage, roots and all those good memories.

So, I remain,

your humble, obedient servant,

Margaret ;-)

]]> By: Adam Copeland http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2008/06/19/series-what-i-learned-about-the-us-by-living-in-scotland-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-986 Adam Copeland Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:28:33 +0000 http://adamcopeland.wordpress.com/?p=295#comment-986 Right on, brother Wee Jock. St. Columba folks certainly are the height of formality, and I'll definitely not forget my "ma'ams" and "sirs" when I get back in the south. As to formal British writing, it's just ridiculous. Right on, brother Wee Jock. St. Columba folks certainly are the height of formality, and I’ll definitely not forget my “ma’ams” and “sirs” when I get back in the south. As to formal British writing, it’s just ridiculous.

]]> By: stushie http://www.adamjcopeland.com/2008/06/19/series-what-i-learned-about-the-us-by-living-in-scotland-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-985 stushie Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:51:48 +0000 http://adamcopeland.wordpress.com/?p=295#comment-985 Dear Sir, I am writing to inform you forthwith that not all Caledonian patriots are so formal with their ministers of word and sacrament. In point of fact, when my ecclesiastical residence was wholly situated in the parish of Maybole West and Fisherton, most native inhabitants of those esteemed southern regions of the shire of Ayr, colloquially and amiably referred to me as "Wee Jock, the meenister." I would wager that those you have hitherto encountered in the royal market town of Ayr have either been treating you courteously as a long lost Colonial Cousin, or have been proverbially tugging one of your lower ambulatory limbs. Yours humbly in the service of the King, Wee Jock Dear Sir,

I am writing to inform you forthwith that not all Caledonian patriots are so formal with their ministers of word and sacrament. In point of fact, when my ecclesiastical residence was wholly situated in the parish of Maybole West and Fisherton, most native inhabitants of those esteemed southern regions of the shire of Ayr, colloquially and amiably referred to me as “Wee Jock, the meenister.”

I would wager that those you have hitherto encountered in the royal market town of Ayr have either been treating you courteously as a long lost Colonial Cousin, or have been proverbially tugging one of your lower ambulatory limbs.

Yours humbly in the service of the King,

Wee Jock

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