Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian View Post
Never heard of the "Scottish Cringe" but I'm sure that that's what some of us were asking about in the "Kilts in Scotland" thread.
Quote Originally Posted by Mike1 View Post
. . . you've identified a large part of what lies behind that earlier discussion.
The referenced thread spawned What Makes a Scot? in this off-topic section. I thought that second thread was one of the ugliest I've seen here. The cited article and book discuss some of the issues that make people so passionate - and rude.

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