Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!pd7tw2no.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.87.101.138 From: micheil@shaw.ca (Michilín) Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.china,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do chinks hate japs and not brits? Message-ID: <41b0df2a.25320458@news> References: <30agdjF2tf97qU1@uni-berlin.de> <41a10b89.15140851@news> <30hdpiF301o97U1@uni-berlin.de> <30ppt3F34speoU1@uni-berlin.de> <30sahgF31o15rU1@uni-berlin.de> <18ejq0hij0mj06inm3agl4rlcsvtu6eikp@4ax.com> <41af3587.1229307@news> <41af6fc3.952780@news> <41afadb3.2277084@news> <31a4gmF38479mU1@individual.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 28 Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:49:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.59.144.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: pd7tw2no 1102110591 64.59.144.75 (Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:49:51 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:49:51 MST Organization: Shaw Residential Internet Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:23061 On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:22:11 +0900, "John Yamamoto-Wilson" wrote: >Michi something (my computer's configuration won't read the last part of the >name) wrote: > >> [MacHamish's] surname's Irish > >What an odd thing to say. MacHamish is about as Scottish as it gets (check >any information on the Gunn clan, e.g., >http://www.yourscottishname.com/gunn_clan.htm, or >http://www.geocities.com/sconemac/septgunn.html). Have you never heard of >MacHamish Scotch whiskey (http://www.geocities.com/jordan_m30/malts.html)? > >From what I can gather, the name exists in Ireland mainly in the north. >Without (admittedly) knowing much about it, I'd assume it was brought there >by Scottish Protestants. > >-- >John >http://rarebooksinjapan.com > It is a common and perennial insult in Scotland to say that someone's name is Irish and that therefore they must be Irish; the Irish not having formerly been held in great esteem by Scots. Michilín