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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

I do know that as far as history is concerned, years ago, a Scottish pint was equal to 2 (or 2.5, 2 I think) English pints - going back to William Wallace days: so that would account for Drunken Scots.... where the miserable thing came from: No idea!

Interesting, I didn't know that about the pints. That may also account for the sterotype of them being miserly as well, if the pints cost the same as English ones.

I think with some stereotypes, there's a tendency with some of them to try and live up to them too. Using Geordies as an example, the sterotype is one of hard drinking, fun loving, sexually promiscuous hard men, which can be seen as quite positive by some, especially teenage boys. You'd think that by the time they got to Jay's age they'd have grown out of that by now though and would want to be perceived as their own man, an individual rather than a cliche. (see how I managed to drag this back on topic there? )