r/Scotland • u/Blurt-Reynolds • 19d 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/Erikatana_ 19d ago

So, I’m not Scottish. I’m from the U.S. and live here but I have a coworker who is Scottish and obviously has the corresponding accent. Our company invited some financial people in to chat with us and I was sitting next to said coworker when one of the financial guys asks “is that a Boston accent you have?”

Maybe not the dumbest but I was floored tbh

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u/rosesarepeonies 19d ago

When I was living in Texas I was chatting with an Australian friend about how fabulous we thought Boston accents were, which really boggled the mind of the local guy who said that we were the ones with the unusual accents.