"Graeme...in London" > wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
> <snippage>
> > Not a chance. Sheldon can't pass up a chance to call Brits
> > by their most hated name, WOP. Ouch, I bet that really
> > hurts. Nothing is too low for the guy...
>
> Sheldon assumed from my sig that I'm a Londoner, or English, which I'm
> certainly not. 110% Scottish, and proud of it, too.
>
> I understand WOP to mean having Italian ancestrary. Probably unbeknown to
> Sheldon, the Romans didn't invade Scotland. They defined the
> Scotland/England border that remains today.

Actually, while Scotland never became part of the Roman Empire, there were
Roman incursions into Scotland from 79 AD to 208 AD. The Romans were never
able to subjugate the Scots.

Why the Brits would hate WOPS is beyond me. They were only subjects of Rome
for around 400 years; they've been passive subjects of the Crown far
longer. ;-D

Graeme, does the British/Scottish boundary follow the course of Hadrian’s
Wall? Dumb Sichy from da Bronx question. ;-)
>
> FWIW, marmalade is an institution in Scotland and it's made throughout
> the country.

And damned good stuff it is, too. I got several jars from one of the whisky
distillers after I visited you and it was a little bit of the Holy Land!

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