They tell me - the
Sassenach tell me - that in time I shall be able without a blush to make Albert say 'darling,' and even gather her up in his arms, but I begin to doubt it; the moment sees me as shy as ever; I still find it advisable to lock the door, and then - no witness save the dog - I 'do' it dourly with my teeth clenched, while the dog retreats into the far corner and moans.
from New York City will get to be the
Sassenach for one romantic evening in Scotland.
10 QUESTIONS: 1 Ken Loach, 2 Rotterdam, 3
Sassenach, 4 Extra-sensory perception, 5 Stockton, 6 North Yorkshire, 7 Lemon, 8 Viscount, 9 Pipistrelle, 10 Pittsburgh
I assume that Mr Llewellyn (letters, August 31) is upset at such comments as "The Welsh are forever whining about poverty", "other people's wealth" and "the way they are being treated by the
Sassenach" in the book.
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SassenachHe said: "If you're a producer and you see some
Sassenach (English) products in the shop that's a business opportunity to replace that product."
This is in response to Darren Macleod, who for some strange reason wants to compare Andy Murray's rating in tennis to that of Mr
Sassenach in his field, whatever that may be.
GEORGE BURLEY, one of the most impressive managers in English club football in recent years, took a swipe at the
Sassenach game when he was unveiled as Scotland manager this week.
TUESDAY: A Tartan Army foot-soldier with a freebie for the match texts me before kick-off: "
Sassenach, morris-dancing bunch of prima-donnas." At fulltime, I text back: "Agreed."
Our national football team is managed by a Swede, the best goal scored by an 'Englishman' in the last 20 years came from a Jamaican, Greg Rusedski and Lennox Lewis are more Canadian than the Rockies, and our No.1 squash player Peter Nicol ripped up his kilt and flogged off his bagpipes at the beginning of the year to become a fully-fledged
Sassenach.
As a '
Sassenach outsider', he did not find it easy to assimilate into the tightly-knit Officers' Mess, and his Battalion commanders considered him 'too quiet and reserved for an infantry officer'.
It is surely due to a malevolent
Sassenach proofreader that there is a reference to the Angus Dei (p.
