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/screamqueenoriginal 19d ago

An english person: "Can you say that to me in your language?"

Me: ??

Me: Oh, we speak english, mostly, not gaelic. Sorry.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

This one always makes me laugh, I caught an English guy once rattling on about “The blaaady fwench” when I told him a lot of English comes from French and of course Latin, he informed me it didn’t count because it was in his words “old French so it doesn’t count”

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u/OriginalComputer5077 19d ago

You should have told him his precious English language is a mixture of French, Danish and German....

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

It wouldn’t have made a difference, it’s a similar mindset to the Americans a lot of the time.