woolybanana Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Nor does he possess a substantial château with moat and servants as his second home, unlike some I could mention![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 sweet,In French, wooly is a wanquer.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Well, no, David, I don't think I could allow that to pass without comment.As a matter of fact, Wooly is actually very popular on the Forum, especially with the LADIES!!![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Yes, I am afraid we won't hear anything said against the banana...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Sweet,You misspelled LADDIES.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 [quote user="dwmcn"]Sweet,You misspelled LADDIES.David[/quote]As a good Scottish laddie born and bred I think that Sweet's spelling, like everything about her, is above reproach. While I enjoy WB's contributions as much as anyone else here on the forum, I think on the available evidence he is even more appreciated by the ladies rather than the laddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 [quote user="dwmcn"]sweet,In French, wooly is a wanquer.David[/quote]Does the above make dwmcn ( which, incidentally, my iPad autocorrects to "demon") a "nasty piece of work", I wonder? Or is it OK to simply misspell a gros mot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 dwmcn, I also have to add that wooly is most certainly not a nana. I am, but he is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Rabbie,My last name is McNickle.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 [quote user="dwmcn"]Rabbie,My last name is McNickle.David[/quote]That's nice for you. Any Scot would spell it McNicol or MacNicol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Rabbie,I'm what is known in the US as Scotch-Irish.. Most of the McNickles outside the US are in Northern Ireland. Apparently we all have Viking roots. I should get a dna test done.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I thought Scotch was a drink not a nationality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 So did I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 My fav drink, with glaçons [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 rabbie, etc,Well, you're both wrong. McNickle and variations apparently go back to Nicholson.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Being brought up in Scotland I was always taught that we, as people, were Scots and that the drink was Scotch. I have never seen McNickle whisky so I don't believe it is Scotch or even Irish. The Name may well originate from Northern Ireland but the spelling suggests an American influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Pommier,I can't count the number of times I have heard that. Americans call it Scotch-Irish, get over it.David 'I thought Scotch was a drink not a nationality!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Rabbie,Check the Northern Ireland telephone directories. Are you suggesting that the McNickles went from the US to Ireland and changed the spelling of the name? Three McNickle brothers went to the US from Ireland and my family came from one of them.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 [quote user="dwmcn"]Pommier,I can't count the number of times I have heard that. Americans call it Scotch-Irish, get over it.David'I thought Scotch was a drink not a nationality!'[/quote]That doesn't stop the Americans being plain wrong, in the same way as many of them think that coming from Great Britain or the United Kingdom makes everyone English! The fact is Scotch is a drink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_whiskyScots is a nationality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people I don't think anyone who has chosed the first name of one of Scotlands greatest and best loved poets as their user name needs lessons in the difference between Scotch and Scots, do you ? [:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Russet,Is Rabbie an American? If not, he doesn't know what he is talkng about. Are you an American?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I'd say that Scottish people would be the best to know their nationality (and their national drink!). Just because some people from a different continent get it wrong doesn't mean that it changes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 [quote user="dwmcn"]Russet,Is Rabbie an American? If not, he doesn't know what he is talkng about. Are you an American?David[/quote]David, I am NOT an american. As I stated earlier I am a born and bred scot. Perhaps you should read the posts before being so arrogant. You say your name McNickle is derived from Nicholson. A bit of a clue there that the scottish spelling of McNichol makes more sense. Perhaps some of your ancestors were orthographically challenged[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Give the guy a break, wilya?Maybe his ancestors were modest folk and didn't like to call themselves McDime or, worse, McDollar?But I bet David is really a McMillion [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Pommier (pear cider?),I thought the national Scottish drink was Irn Bru. Or is it Buckfast wine? I guess we should all say butterscots, hopscots, ScotsTape, and scots a rumor (rumour if you want). I have a bottle in front of me that contained a 12 year old Scotch whisky called MacNicoll. Of course the Irish drink Jameson whiskey.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwmcn Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Rabbie,It was obviously the Irish part of my family that couldn't spell, not the Scots. Obviously you aren't an American. It starts with a capital A.David 'David, I am NOT an american' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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