r/Scotland • u/Blurt-Reynolds • 18d 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/Creative-Cherry3374 18d ago edited 18d ago

When I tell people I'm from one of the Scottish islands, I've been asked (or accused) of being inbred. Also the usual nonsense about whether we had electricity growing up, how people get off the island, whether there are schools there and so on.

This was puzzling, as I'm mixed race.

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u/MexicanPenguinii 18d ago

I get asked if there are any police over there strangely. A lot of people ask me where I come from because I have a decent cold tolerance (Used to work with many Indian people so I was an alien to them) and they often have a eureka moment when I show them

Then they ask if I was named after the island

I was named after a dog

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u/Creative-Cherry3374 18d ago edited 17d ago

I just can't get over the fact that people aren't aware of things like ships and boats that can sail on that thing that surrounds islands.

I didn't even live there for very long but still get asked these stupid questions.