Why Are We Appeasing The Sweaties?

[ToraToraTora]

If they are going to be "independent" next year why do we let them have the ship building up there to the detriment of Portsmouth? Surely its a result for the UK they Leave the UK & EU so why bother giving them a bauble? Many have been saying it's political but I can't see how it can be, it must be some sort of commercial decision.

[decmangan]

Perhaps more sweeties will go back to their motherland, which they love so much?

[Gromit]

Right wing Patois for dummies:

Noo Labour = Blair/Brown Government. Now includes Miliband.

Oooman rights = Invented by Churchill but still despised.

Bottler = Gordon Brown

Milipede = Ed Miliband

[ToraToraTora]

none of this is an insult, rhymming slang is common and usually no one takes offence at it, if they do I apoligise it is not meant as such. I have many Scottish friends and aquaintences, they ,like the known Scots on here, do not take offence, as usual it is Liberal jellies taking offence on their behalf. There are many names for the English, I don't have to remind you, we don't mind most of them.

[douglas9401]

No room decmangan, the place is full of whiny English folk who've sold up dahn saaff and now like to moan about the cold and rain. :)

[anneasquith]

see they scots they are just a drain on all the English money, they get money for nothing, most of them are on benefits, and all they do is moan moan moan about the weather,id get rid of the lot of them. don't ya think dearie :)

[hawksley]

JNO AND Quizmonster,thank you .

[FredPuli43]

"Common" may be the right word for rhyming slang, Tora, me old china, but language which is not understood by all is wasted, is it not? Maybe you are meshugge, but I think not.

[ToraToraTora]

far from meshugge me old book end! I can't adam and eve that there is not a basic comprehension of rhymming slang.

[ToraToraTora]

this may help:
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/

[Hypognosis]

The whole point of slang, jargon, patois etc is to shut out the outsiders.

Or there is an assumption (by a group of dodgy geezers) that there's an informant listening in, hence rhyming slang to keep the coppers guessing.

[maggiebee]

Tora, before you start ranting about it, maybe you need to learn how to spell
rhyming.

[FredPuli43]

But while there are a few who don't get Yiddish or London, is it not better to think of them Tora? Me, I get some of it, but mostly I converse in criminal talk, which is not much use on here:kiting, the peter, spinning the drum, a carpet, half a stretch, and, of course, Old Bill (please, not THE Old Bill). It goes down a treat at the Village Hall coffee mornings.

[ToraToraTora]

anyway this thread seems to be going a bit roberta!

[ichkeria]

I remember a few years ago watching an England football match in a pub with a friend who is an ardent Scotland and Motherwell fan. For reasons that I no longer recall there was a rather obnoxious Sun journalist with us who kept asking my friend how "the Sweaties" had got on in a game earlier that day, knowing full well that my friend was Scottish.
Maybe TTT is that journalist, or of the same ilk.

Anyway, it seems to me that the issue in question makes perfect sense. The sensible folk in the UK don't want Scotland to leave so I would say this is a sweetener. As to what the Scots actually want, which is of most importance, we'll only find out next year.

[ToraToraTora]

err 8% of the UK, "most important", mmm, clearly still not teaching Arithmetic up there then!

[Quizmonster]

You see, Tora, Decmangan got it right at the top of this page. He called us "Sweeties"!

[ummmm]

I don't speak in rhyming slang; no one has spoken to me in rhyming slang, so the question title would be completely lost on me.

This could have been a debate had it not been so immature....

[murraymints]

I find this post rather ill informed...contentious.....ignorant....and very offensive !

[lady-janine]

hear, hear. i'm never ashamed of being english but i am ashamed of the behaviour of some other people who are.