Someone from Scotland......like me is both Scottish and British.
We hold British passports, but we do have a sense of national identity seperate from the rest of the UK (as do the other component countries).
And never, ever call people Scotch - we are Scottish.
Only eggs, whisky and mist can be called Scotch :) Oh... and tape.
(We hold British passports, but we do have a sense of national identity seperate from the rest of the UK (as do the other component countries).
And never, ever call people Scotch - we are Scottish.
Only eggs, whisky and mist can be called Scotch :) Oh... and tape.
Mystery_Bob,
Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:20,
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MoopI will take careful note of that. Around here, some people are considered of "Scotch-Irish" decent... when the scotts moved to ireland for a while (becoming ireland-ized or something) and then moved to America. So what's up with that term?
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LittleDinosaur,
Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:25,
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The Scots and Irish......are quite closely related. There has always been a lot of migration between the two countries.
Both still have a celtic language (Gaelic) and some parts of Northern Ireland actually speak Scots (it's kind of a Scottish version of English, but too complicated to explain quickly)
Basically the two countries have pretty much the same descendants.
[edit] remember though, it's Scotch Whisky and Irish Whiskey.
(Both still have a celtic language (Gaelic) and some parts of Northern Ireland actually speak Scots (it's kind of a Scottish version of English, but too complicated to explain quickly)
Basically the two countries have pretty much the same descendants.
[edit] remember though, it's Scotch Whisky and Irish Whiskey.
Mystery_Bob,
Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:28,
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As far as I knowmost scottish don't like being called scotch coz that's a drink.
Technically that's of scottish decent because there's no actual Irish blood mixed in (unless there is then basically you'r fucked coz you end up being Ginger, freckly and burn easily)
like me
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Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:31,
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Technically that's of scottish decent because there's no actual Irish blood mixed in (unless there is then basically you'r fucked coz you end up being Ginger, freckly and burn easily)
like me
It has nothing to do with Scots (1 T, note) moving to Ireland and then Americarather, it has to do with the Celtic origins of both the scots and the irish, and the inability of Americans to remember words like Celtic due to there not being a Celtland.
You live in the North American continent, but you're a United States citizen. Canadians also live in North America, but they're not Americans, are they? That's about the simplest way of explaining the difference between England and Britain.
(You live in the North American continent, but you're a United States citizen. Canadians also live in North America, but they're not Americans, are they? That's about the simplest way of explaining the difference between England and Britain.
JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:32,
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Yeah......but celtic also includes the Welsh.
*ducks*
(*ducks*
Mystery_Bob,
Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:35,
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Y'know...I've never heard any american refer to themselves as being of welsh descent...
( JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks,
Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:36,
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Hmmmm......I am making up the figures slightly, but I believe ther are 14 million Americans of Scottish descent, but arount 18 million who claim to be.
If I had learned to play the bagpipes when I was younger, my uncle could have gotten me a stupid amount of work playing at stuff in America. I would be rolling in it, just for playing at a few highland games and stuff.
Why the fuck did I learn the guitar instead.
(If I had learned to play the bagpipes when I was younger, my uncle could have gotten me a stupid amount of work playing at stuff in America. I would be rolling in it, just for playing at a few highland games and stuff.
Why the fuck did I learn the guitar instead.
Mystery_Bob,
Wed 2 Apr 2003, 19:40,
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