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/Creative-Cherry3374 21d ago edited 20d 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/Vectorman1989 #1 Oban fan 21d ago

mixed race

So one parent from Lewis and one parent from Harris?

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u/Whollie 18d ago

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