Scotlandshire

Scotlandshire is a term infrequently used [The Scottish World: History and Culture of Scotland; p.168; by By Harold Orel, Marilyn Stokstad, Henry Leonard Snyder, Published 1981 Abrams; ISBN 0810916304] [Old Men in Love: John Tunnock's Posthumous Papers; p.146; By Alasdair Gray; Published 2007 Bloomsbury; ISBN 0747593531] [Scotland's Relations with England: A Survey to 1707; p.243; By William Ferguson; Published 1994 Saltire Society; ISBN 0854110585] to denote either the anglicization of Scotland or the subordinate political relationship with England that some perceive Scotland as having. By placing the suffix "-shire" after the country's name, the term attempts to parody the early modern tendency to place the word "-shire" after some ancient Scottish regions, as well as implicating in a tongue-in-cheek manner that Scotland has the status of an English county, rather than that of a distinct territory. Hence, the term is political in nature.

Several historic, former comital regions of Scotland have at times had the word "-shire" added when Scotland broadly adopted the county system of England during the 19th century:

*Argyll - Argyllshire
*Bute - Buteshire
*Moray - Morayshire
*Ross - Ross-shire

ee also

*Scottish cultural cringe
*Scottish national identity
*Tartanry
*North Briton

External links

* [http://www.jimmalcolm.com/html/main_cly3.htm Lyrics of "Scotlandshire" - Jim Malcolm]

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