Kilts Scottish only??

[Rob]

And considering how many English folks have "German" blood, ie Anglo-Saxon... ;)

Cheers,

Todd

Todd,

Not nearly as many as you may think. On average only 40% of the English gene pool is Germanic. In some areas, such as the South of England, it is as low as 25%, which is about the same percentage as in Scotland. The remainder of the gene pool is Native British (Celts).

Cheers anyway (as you are buying).

Rob

[highlander_Daz]

My current favourite member of the royal family has to be Princess Anne (the princess Royal) , she is the hardest working royal in terms of engagements, is a former olympian, tells photographers to "Naff off" and is the only member of the royal family with a criminal record.

[An t-Ileach]

...and she supports Scotland at Rugby

[auld argonian]

Could those of us in the colonies get a translation of "naff off" and what was she in for?

best

AA

...by the way, I see that our "W" had your Prince of Wales and the missus over for a wee nosh the other night...I hope to god that our nick-name obsessed president wasn't calling him "Chuckie" the whole evening.

[starbkjrus]

Could those of us in the colonies get a translation of "naff off" and what was she in for?

best

AA

...by the way, I see that our "W" had your Prince of Wales and the missus over for a wee nosh the other night...I hope to god that our nick-name obsessed president wasn't calling him "Chuckie" the whole evening.

Between that and the giant hunk of buffalo steak (really!) for dinner it must have been quite the evening.

[Mr. Kilt]

[QUOTE=auld argonian]Could those of us in the colonies get a translation of "naff off" and what was she in for?

best

AA

Pretty much translates into "have sex and travel" over here.

[Hamish]

I have been keeping pretty quiet about all of this, mainly because I really have no knowledge of my ancestry beyond scant information regarding my own parents. However, I should like to see the man, any man, nowadays who could step forward and provide proof that he is pure anything at all. No matter where we now reside, we are all of us mongrels and let us not forget it.

[James]

Hamish is quiite right-for whilst at one level I can certainly claim not to have any known English blood on both sides of family: who really knows that might have happened over the years-wrong side of blanket and all that.

Too despite the above I'd be horrified to be thought Celtic-maybe that is because I was brought up before it became the fashion.

James

[Rob]

I have been keeping pretty quiet about all of this, mainly because I really have no knowledge of my ancestry beyond scant information regarding my own parents. However, I should like to see the man, any man, nowadays who could step forward and provide proof that he is pure anything at all. No matter where we now reside, we are all of us mongrels and let us not forget it.

Ham,

When, in my previous post, I stated that the English gene pool was 40% Germanic and 60% Native British, this does not imply that 40% of the English have 'pure(?)' Germanic genes and 60% have 'pure(?)' British genes. As you quite correctly say, we are all mongrels, so on average an Englishman will have 60% British signature genes and 40% Germanic signature genes. I was merely questioning what Todd said about the English having Anglo-Saxon blood, a common misconception.

James is quite right about the use of the term 'Celtic' here and on other forums. Many tend to use it without having the faintest idea of what it means. As 'Celtic' is a language classification, any talk of 'Celtic blood' is meaningless, unless it is used metaphorically to refer to an affinity for Celtic culture, i.e. the culture of those who speak (or whose ancestors spoke) a Celtic language. One would then, of course, need to define Celtic culture more specifically.

Rob (with his philosophical hat on)

[highlander_Daz]

Naff Off = do I really need to elabourate, and her dog bit a member of the public and she was prosecuted under the dangerous dog act, I think she was fined

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2497531.stm

its interesting because in England criminals are prosecuted by the crown (the queen) - so in effect she was prosecuted by her own mother!!