Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I got to thinking about this later. It is pretty much the same in UK.
> >Many Scots hate the English. Most will not show it, but if you hear those
> >when there are no English around ... otoh most English love the Scots.
> >Work that one out
> >
> > We get to see that in action. Himself is Scots born, while I am of
> > Scottish extraction so we are treated as Scots with friends and
> > neighbours, even though we have English accents. We get the other side of
> > it when away from them ...
>
> In this country it seems to go beyond North and South. I think people are
> the most tolerant here in the PNW. Perhaps this is because the people who
> settled this area were rebels!

It's not really north vs. south anymore, it's much more left/right
coasts vs. middle.