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I am in total agreeance wit hold doll here,
I just like to say, I hate all humans from everywhere as well as love all humans from everywhere.

And before this gets into a slagging match on this thread I would suggest it gets locked.

There has been much interest in this "things we hate". Seems like humans love to hate and go on and on about things.
As for things that hapened in the past, they should never be forgotten but at the same time they should not get used to start or use in arguments ( not unless ye really hate the person,lol)

so c'mon folk, lighten up, keep it nice on the forum.

Ken

great song rebel. Makes me want to be american now so I can sing this with pride the way it should be ( i can always pretend I suppose? lol)
This is good for acoustic and I bet it could be made into a heavy rock song and with those lyrics it is actually a great pnuk song ye just wrote.

Ken

I love Elvis ( not in a homosexual sort of way I have to add)

Although I think too much is done to celebrate him.

My favourite songs he sang ( but never wrote,since he never wrote any of his own songs) are

In the ghetto, I love playing this on guitar
suspicious minds..... a true classic that gets everyone singing.
The wonder of you... people just cannot help singing, woo oh oh oh
can help falling in love..... he does this better than the original
heartbreak hotel.
wooden heart
and the song that got him going that he had to pay for out his own pocket to record for his ma, Thats alright mamma.

Ken

some would say it should only e scottish that wear them, others say only scottish that belong to a clan ( with a true scottish name)
but I tihnk most people dont really care.
I would be decented from th Clan Campbell but I never wear the Campbell tartan. I like "flower of scotland" tartan. A tartan that is relatively new. Also the I like the black watch tartan.
It was said to me before if you do not belong to a clan then you should wear the royal stewart tartan ( the most common red checked).
Bu I think ye'll find most scots dont mind and take it as a compliment if a non scot want to wear the kilt.
Just dinny wear any knickers underneath, it gets too hot. And stand up proud when urinating in the toilets ,lol.

Ken

Hi
I sadly cannot speak scottish gaelis, which does differ from irish gaelic a bit and is different from the welsh.
I do know that scottish pronounce it gallick and the irish is gaylick.
I love songs that are sung in gaelic, no idea what they are singing unless I am told but it still sounds lovely 9 especially when a gorgeous woman with an excellent voice is singing,lol.

It is mostly the western isles that speak gaelic. When scotland and england were forming a union gaelic started to die out. I read about it a lot year ago but I have forgotten a lot exactly why, I think it was something to do with education and how southern scotland spoke gaelic and english then it just sort of happened that people spoke emglish as their first language. Maybe the English governemnt at the time banned gaelic from being taught to take more of their identity away, to make them more british and less scottish? I recall a school teacher tellingme this before, but not too sure how accurate this is.
My personal view is it should be taught in primary school and secondary school instead of teaching 9 and 10 year olds german or french. I have a big thing about this. My daughter when 3 years old in nursery school ( pre school child minding) shewas getting taught spanish!!!! I think that time would have been better teaching them more english,gaelic or math or arithmatics, soething that would benefit them when going into primary one.

Although Scotland has a very good reputtion for education, the best in the UK and gets people from al over the world coming to our schools and universities to learn I think there is something far wrong with eduction if they want to teach 3 year old spanish, something she has forgotten all about now at the age of 7.
I often wondered why america spell words differently when they were used before america was invaded by english,scottish,french,spanish,italians etc. But maybe that is why? becasue from so many cultures they somewhere got thins mixed up to make it easier for everyone, so flavour became flavor etc??? only a guess!!
saying that, things in the english language change too thru time. we dont go about saying thou shall not...... we say you shall not, Somewhere along the line we went from "old english" to modern english, no idea why,
I think the whole world should invent a new langauge that everyone speaks, that way there is no need to learn 3 or 4 languages.
Anyway, this is going off topic, something I do sometimes but hate doing.

Ken

if i could show you me clapping my hands on this thread then you would see me clapping my hands.
rpscot,
very true on yer post and the way i see thigs too.

Ken

no!! most are not tabs, most are chords, just the ones you looking at are mostly tabs

welcome to chordie

Ken

jerome,

Damn good replies there
That was not all my own personal thoughts by the way, just what I hear others saying.

BUT,
yeah America did put man on the moon first, but it was the great soviets that put him in space first, and also if america didnt do it, someone else would have anyway, so you will have top retract that. Winning a race doesnt make someone better.:lol:

And your reply about the religious thing, although I dont really mind what people think about religion, but you have a point about a minority making everyone look like nutters. ( we have a minority in scotland that wear kilt yet lots think we all wear kilts and run around chasing haggis in the hils)
Maybe there is too much attention on the minorities and less on the better side of things.

oh yeah and talking about being great, lets see
the scottish discovered penicillan
61% of American Presidents are of Scots or Scots-Irish descent
James Pollock, of Scots descent, put the slogan "In God We Trust" on American coins!
A Scot, James Watt, developed the first efficient steam engine and in so doing started the Industrial Revolution.
A Scot, John Logie Baird, invented the Television.
A Scot, John Napier, invented logarithms and the decimal notation.
A Scot, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, invented the bicycle.
A Scot, John Paul Jones, founded the American Navy.
A Scot, Alexander Fleming, discovered Penicillin.
A Scot, William Paterson, founded the Bank of England.
A Scot, Alexander Graham Bell, invented the telephone.
A Scot, John Chalmers, invented the adhesive postage stamp.
A Scot, John Boyd Dunlop, invented the car tyre.
A Scot, Captain Patrick Ferguson, invented the breech loading rifle.
A Scot, Major General Lachlan Macquarie, know as the 'Father of Australia',
A Scot, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, was the first Prime Minister of Canada under confederation.
A Scot, Thomas Blake Glover, was one of the founding fathers of modern Japan.
A Scot, Henry Faulds pioneered the use of fingerprints as means of undisputed identity of people.
A Scot, Robert Stirling, invented the Stirling engine in 1850. Stirling engines are being studied at NASA for use in powering space vehicles with solar energy!
The Scots invented Golf.
“History credits the Rev. Elijah Craig, a Baptist minister, with being the first in 1789 to make bourbon.† He was a Scotsman. Kentucky is the place for bourbon because of the limestone which makes the water almost iron-free. “The first bourbon recognized by brand outside of Kentucky probably was produced by Dr. James Crow...a Scotsman who settled near the Rev. Craig’s place.† He was known by the locals as Jim Crow.
The Scottish-American Hall of Fame contains more plaques for the military than any other category. Twenty-one men are installed including Daniel Boone who is listed as an “Indian Fighter.† The list is as follows: George Rogers Clark, Frontier hero of the Revolutionary War; Stonewall Jackson; Joseph E. Johnston; Henry Knox; Arthur MacArthur, army general, father of Douglas MacArthur; George B. McClellan; Alexander Macomb, general and hero of the War of 1812; William (Billy) Mitchell, controversial air power advocate; William Multrie; George S. Patton, WWII exponent of mobile warfare; Winfred Scott, Mexican War and Chief of staff; J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate cavalry general; Christopher “Kit† Carson, frontiersman and explorer; William Clark, explorer with Merriwether Lewis; Davy Crockett, frontiers-man who died at the Alamo. Two individuals are listed under the category of “Naval.† They are David Glasgow Farragut, Civil War naval hero, and John Paul Jones, Revolutionary War naval hero.
Famous Quote: "If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to British tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger." George Washington, Valley Forge.
Scottish Freemasonry is now officially recognised as being the oldest in the world and is now recorded as a Guinness World Record.
Scot invented suspenders.
Although the Scots comprise less than one-half of 1 percent of the world’s population, 11 percent of all Nobel prizes have been awarded to Scotsmen. Quote from "The Mark of the Scots" by Duncan A Bruce.
The world’s first university faculty of engineering and technical science was in Glasgow.
67 US Politicians were born in Scotland that we know off.
There are estimated to be 20,000 Americans living in Scotland and half a million visit each year.
It is estimated that 15% of Canadians are of Scots descent.
Scotland invented branch banking and so brought banking facilities to the people and the world.
"The Reverend Malcolm MacDonald, a native of Whitton, Quebec, a descendant of the early Scots settlers and of the first church established in the area, says:
"‘The Book of Books was the library they opened, and the Church of Jesus Christ was the first institution they established and that in their homes, and the Gospel of Christ was the philosophy they espoused.’ "
"The most casual observer and historian must admit that these early settlers played a leading part in setting the course in which the Nation travels today.
"I am indeed grateful that we are privileged to stand in the stream of a noble, spiritual, national and cultural tradition, which has flourished in Scotland for centuries, and for some 150 years established firmly on this North American Continent, in both Canada and the United States.
SCOTS emigres to the US are five times more likely to become dollar millionaires than those from any other country, according to a study of wealth. Thomas Stanley and William Danko, in their book The Millionaire Next Door, analysed the ethnic backgrounds of the wealthiest members of US society and discovered that while people of Scottish origin make up 1.7% of the population, they comprise 9.3% of its millionaires.
At the battle of Trafalgar (The British under Nelson won a decisive naval battle off southern Spain against the French and Spanish.) in 1805 around 30% of the fleet's crew hailed from Scotland and Scottish industry provided timber products, sails, ropes, iron cannons and iron balls.
Scottish Explorers and Fur Trappers
Read about how Scots dominated the Fur trade and by so doing opened up Canada and the West.

well, sorry to go on a bit there, but with me being scottish, I am damn prooud of how internationally great my country is and how we are loved internationally for our friendliness, our humour, our music, our hospitallity. Without us the world would be a worst pace to live,lol.

Amazing the trivial things ye find on the nett to reply back to people ,lol

the only thing I am shocked at is it was an merican woman that invented the ar's windscreen wiper. Although I would put a bet on she must have scottish blood in her,why did a man not invent this? lol

Ken

superb lyrics james,

Ken

ok, along with st paddy's day this seems like a good day too, as long as they dont start selling cards to celebrate it lol

happy womens day?
ffs!! is there a name for different occasions for every day of the year everywhere on the planet?
And do women really celebrate this? and why?
why is there not an international Men day? not that I would want one o those either.
Along with this other silly days:
Christmas, easter,fathers day, mothers day, birthdays, st george's day, st anyone elses day ( apart from st patricks day coz that is when slf ply in glasgow and it is a great party)

the only day I like to do something is my anniversary ( I got to say that or my wife will put the nut in me) :LOL:

echoingwhat dadd says.

Too many sections is not nly harder to moderate but it maes you ask the question "where do we stop"?

anything other than the subjects that are already on can get mentioned in here " chordie chat".

I think all other places cover what Chordie is about.

Ken
p.s. anyone want to disagree, I would love to hear opinions. dont hold back ,let your fingers type away your thoguhts, as long as they are good ones and of constructive critisism)