Say What: The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley. / There's nowt so queer as folk.

[bluewolf458]

Both of our sayings today are British in origin. Luckily, Blair from The Sentinel is an anthropologist and has travelled widely, so he can give us some help.

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[vom_marlowe]

Not to quibble, but Robbie Burns is Scottish, not British. Robbie Burns day is held in Scottish pubs, etc.

[bluewolf458]

I appreciate your comment, but as a Scot myself, and one who tends to be sensitive to the distinction between English-Irish-Scottish-Welsh, I know that; but in this instance I feel it would have been over pedantic to say 'One of these sayings is Scottish and the other English'. 'Britain' is the default country that encompasses all four.

If the Scottish referendum of a few months ago had split us off from the rest of Britain it would have been a different matter; as it is, we're still part of Britain.