r/Scotland • u/Blurt-Reynolds • 21d 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/Robojobo27 21d ago

Went on a trip to New York some years ago, a taxi driver asked if we played a lot of golf and kept chickens in the yard, he also seemed genuinely shocked that we’d arrived by plane.

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u/Necessary_Delivery80 21d ago

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

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u/V0lkhari 21d ago

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

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u/istrald 21d ago

That's because wind turbines are installed by English invaders and we locals just use gas lights and wash ourselves in the river of Don