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Post by BigIain on Oct 13, 2009 7:55:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2009 14:16:31 GMT
With such ancestry, does he wear the same kilt design as Paulo Nutini?
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Post by fumobici on Oct 13, 2009 15:46:20 GMT
Really funny to hear him speak with his Scottish brogue and that name. I was a little surprised he never gave F1 a go.
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Post by BigIain on Oct 13, 2009 21:44:31 GMT
He has turned down at least 2 offers from Williams and McLaren to drive in F1. And is from one of the many Italian families who settled in the West of Scotland in the last century. Its funny how mine seems to be the only country where anyone with a foreign name is not seen as being properly Scottish by people from outside of Scotland!! Its like me saying that Zenidine Zidane is not French! Dario looks fantastic in a kilt!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2009 21:48:38 GMT
We just never think of any non-British person wanting to move to Scotland. I do not say this in jest. Meanwhile, millions of people have moved to England, France, Germany, etc.
At the risk of going off topic, what are the main groups of immigrants to Scotland, Iain?
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Post by BigIain on Oct 14, 2009 7:43:02 GMT
Mainly Italians, who have embraced this country with open arms. There are very many fine coffee houses and restuarants thanks to them.
Also there are some indians and Chinese who seem happy to integrate in to society all over the country. There are many Pakistanis too, but they choose not to integrate at all and are therefore always viewed as foreigners which is a bit sad.
I also have no idea why anyone would choose such a dark and cold country to live in!
It is very, very rare to see a black person in Scotland... almost never would you do so outside of Edinburgh or Glasgow. No doubt someone will find this racist when reading this thread but it is not intended to be.
Edited to add: Scotland is possibly the most racist country in the "civilised" world, so anyone settling here has got quite a lot to put up with if they choose not to integrate immediately
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2009 12:47:21 GMT
Well most of the Italians in France, except for the ones who just filtered across the border to places like Nice, chose to live the coldest, gloomiest part of France as well -- the Nord-Pas de Calais region, up by the Belgian border. That's where the mines, steel mills and textile factories all were. The Poles chose the same region, but the weather was an improvement for them.
Of course when I say "the coldest, gloomiest part of France," I realize at the same time that it is already farther south and probably has nicer weather than the southernmost, sunniest part of Britain.
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Post by BigIain on Oct 14, 2009 19:39:58 GMT
I find the area around Calais and up to the Belgian border to be one of the bleakest places in Europe. It looks worse than the UK!!! I feel sorry for the French who live there but at the same time I can not understand why they would remain there rather than somewhere nicer in such a wonderful country
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