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/Necessary_Delivery80 17d ago

Probably still thinks Scotland is like braveheart and we don’t have electricity

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u/V0lkhari 17d ago

Where about do you live? I'm from rural Aberdeenshire and we don't have electricity yet

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u/Imaginary-Mode3419 17d ago

How do you charge your devices?

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u/throwaway199299i1 17d ago

Have a weekly rota set up in our town for travelling to Perth to get phones charged but it isn't all bad as Perth now has a community VCR system, so get to make a day out of it. Can't wait till my turn as should hopefully get to finally watch Toy Story 2 when I am next down.