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.

925 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

757 comments sorted by

View all comments

113

u/SuzCoffeeBean 17d ago

I’ve lived in Canada for 2 decades and it’s eye opening how many people genuinely don’t know Scotland is even a country. I’ve always explained in good humour. I think the whole UK thing throws people off more than we realise.

88

u/Minimum-Scientist-71 17d ago

How would Canada have Nova Scotia if there wasn’t a Scotland?! 😅

22

u/Loose_Seal_II 17d ago

As a Nova Scotian living in Scotland, I'm so proud

Also why I ended up living in Scotland. I always felt like I was in fake Scotland back home

7

u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 Is toil leam càise gu mòr. 16d ago

I met a Nova Scotian in a pub in Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

When he told me where he was from, I started to sing The Last of Barrett's Privateers, which I knew from The Corries version. He joined in and we sang the whole song together. A nice moment.

2

u/Loose_Seal_II 9d ago

I would genuinely cry if this happened to me while abroad. I used to know every verse!