Water Under The Bridge

Previously, there had been two moments of national fame during my years as a coxswain with Stirling Rowing Club. One was a report on the BBC of an averted rowing disaster on the Firth of Clyde; and the other was a cartoon in a Scottish national newspaper which depicted a coxswain going down with his boat as it overturned on the River Clyde.

Now, here in the United States, an e-mail that I sent to NBC News back on May 7 was read on the national news last night.

Here is the e-mail:-

Shame on you, Brian Williams, other news anchors and the news media for referring to Elizabeth II as the Queen England. Would you refer to President Bush as the President of Texas? It would be more correct to refer to Elizabeth II as the Queen of Great Britain or the UK.

You do a disservice to the Welsh, Scots and others of that ilk.

It is hoped that you and the others will recognize this faux pas.

Brian Williams made reference to the fact that he was of Welsh ancestory and alluded to the fact that he should have known better.