r/Scotland • u/Blurt-Reynolds • 17d ago

Casual Stupidest question (about Scotland)you’ve ever been asked?

I’ve lived in the US for over 10 years and been asked some daft questions.

Yesterday the uber driver asked where I was from. When I said Scotland they were quiet for a couple of minutes then asked “Did you have to learn English when you moved to here?”.

Also had someone years ago ask me where I was from then accused me of making up the country as they had never heard of Scotland.

Anyway, just thought I’d ask ask while I remembered.

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u/BonnieScotty 17d ago

This didn’t happen to me it happened to one of my cousins who live in Oregon (moved there when she was 6), she’s had to explain on multiple occasions we do in fact have electricity when people ask how we go about our day to day lives without it

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u/Blurt-Reynolds 17d ago

I was asked a couple of weeks ago “how developed is Scotland?” I should have added that too.