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France are undoubtedly favourites, given the foibles and failings of the late Jogi Löw period and some embarrassing German results in recent times, though Les Bleus have been doing their best to summon up the spirit of 2010 with a bit of reported intra-squad mither.

In addition to that general warning, hundreds of articles also display this more specific disclaimer: “The ‘Scots’ that wis uised in this airticle wis written bi a body that’s mither tongue isna Scots.

“Now, Mither, serve forth yon porridge, for I have not broken my fast this day.”

A host of Scottish insults were also submitted by members of the public, from “bam”, defined as a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person, as in the pronunciation from Aberdeen: “Awa ye ham, Yer mither’s a bam”, to “geggie”.

I am a northerner and if any daft apeth with a cob on wants to mither me about my accent, they can do one.