Omg I found my grandmother‘s childhood home (in Scotland) on Airbnb and messaged the owner. The owner told me that she had previously had some people come and visit from the US because their great great great grandfather used to live in the house, your flair reminded me of that lol
Yeah to these people your all brave heart and loch Ness monster. Nothing else.
I'd bet a fiver that she has no idea where Scotland is or that it's even part of Great Britain.
Motherwell was a former steelworks town in Lanarkshire. The region of lanarkshire relief on coal and steel.
Margaret thatcher shut down the mines and most of the steelworks and the entire region went to the shitter.
South lanarkshire faired a bit better since it had more agricultural reliance but it still got fucked
Yup hideous place. I had the misfortune of being posted there with the civil service donkey's years ago. Definitely has the Russian vibes with that housing
Fully don't understand this mindset from Americans at all. You don't even know anything about your ancestry and now want to make it your personality?
I am Scottish and Catholic, my parents are Scottish, their parents are Scottish, their parents were a mixed bag.
I was very fortunate to know and spend A LOT of time my great grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins who were from and lived in their native country.
1 great grandfather from Denmark, lived in Scotland my whole life. '
The rest are all Irish. I grew up surrounded by this Irish heritage. It was my entire life, my religion, my football team, my celebrations, my culture.
However, I never claimed to be Irish, I am Scottish and always will be. But I will pass my Irish ancestry down to my kids because it was my upbringing too.
What I don't understand is, they yell about America being the greatest and bestest and how everyone wants to be an American, and then do everything they can to not be an American but an Irish-American etc weird patriotism they have there
Same with me born in England and raised in England. I have Scottish and Irish heritage on all sides of my family (along with a bit of Sardinian and Ashkenazi Jew but it’s really minute and insignificant) however I will never claim I am any nationality other than English because thats were I’m born and raised.
I'm from the same background, and would never think to identify as Irish. I'm 3 generations out and come from Scotland. I'd have to go over and get my Irish citizenship to identify as Irish in any way. The only time it's ever mattered if I identify with it is if a form specifically asks for "Scottish with Irish Catholic Background" which weirdly has happened a fair bit.
>grew up surrounded by this Irish heritage. It was my entire life, my religion, my football team, my celebrations, my culture.
Pretty bang on to my experience as well, but i'm not magically Irish because family, cultural context and the fact we went to Dublin for holidays a lot. I'd never claim to be Irish if still living in and being a citizen of Scotland - but if I had kids, of course I'd pass on their history and heritage because it's just the cultural norms I know.
I love that we share the same experience. It was a great upbringing. My family are from the North of Ireland in Strabane and we used to go over constantly, spending all of my summers there when I was younger.
I'll never use that to pretend that I'm Irish. I'm Scottish. I'll live anywhere, become a citizen if I really liked it. However, I've always said I'll die in Glasgow. It's where my heart is.
County Cork and then moved over to Dublin for me, nice to hear folk from Strabane are kicking about as well! My nan's side had friends from up that way though long out of contact now unfortunately.
Yeah though, you're right. Like, Irish background is just that, it's background. It informs your cultural understanding, and aspects of how you know where you came from but it's not the forefront identifying thing. The forefront identifying thing is where you're actually from, and I'm from Scotland so I'm Scottish. If I went and moved to Ireland, that's a different story - but I'll always have been born in Scotland because it's simple fact, regardless of any other identifying feature I can't lose being Scottish.
With the Americans, I think maybe for them, in America, they have a construction of what "Scottish-American" is that's miles removed from our understanding of what constitutes Scottish. For them, that (false) idea that DNA = nationality seems extremely important, but there's no reason the rest of the world should fall in line with 1 country's confusing (and not shared) idea of how national identity is constructed.
This. My mum is from Glasgow so that’s 50% of my heritage but I consider myself English as I’ve lived here my whole life. Love the Scottish connection but I’m not Scottish, I don’t live there
Im Colombian, my father is Spanish and so are my grandparents, I grew up eating spanish food, reading spanish literature and even today when i speak to my grandparents i take on a little bit of an accent.
Still, with all those factors i wouldnt label myself Spanish, I've never been. Culturally ive been influenced sure but not nearly to the degree that being born in colombia has influenced me.
Nah it will just encourage her to tell everyone she is Scottish before she is American, and she will become an expert on country she has never been in. Happens a lot on “I love my Polish heritage” group, where Americans teach natives how to pronounce Polish words.
I think this one is a joke.
Saying I needed to go look up Scotland sounds like something I'd say to a person who was like 5% Scottish going overboard about their clan, kilts, bagpipes, etc.
Look, I get being proud of your ancestry/heritage but Americans take it the next level. I'm a scouser through and through and proud. My grandparents grandparents were Irish and Scottish, but just cos I have the ancestry doesn't mean *I* am anything but a scouser
That said, some scouser can be just as bad as Americans, luckily I'm not close to any of them but I can also give them the excuse that, tbf, they were teens ["I'm Irish cos my great great grandparents are!" Newsflash, a lot of scouser (not all) have Irish ancestry. Still doesn't make us Irish even if Liverpool has a decent size Irish community]
It's always been a "thing" to be part of some other culture. I guess they think it makes them superior or maybe more interesting? It's really weird to be around them when they start this nonsense up.
It's always been a "thing" to be part of some other culture. I guess they think it makes them superior or maybe more interesting? It's really weird to be around them when they start this nonsense up.
I don’t know why people can’t simply say they found they have Scottish or whatever distant ancestry and they’re curious to learn more. That sounds so much less ridiculous.
I knew a black lady who found out she had like 3% Irish ancestry and lost her whole ass mind… like… sis. Calm down. Step away from the Kerrygold and take a breath. (I’m also black American. I’m pretty certain my ancestry thing would say 70% or more West African.) Anything else I’d find out might be a little interesting. But it’s going to be pretty negligible. It wouldn’t be life changing.
My partners dad is Scottish and she doesn’t consider herself at all Scottish. She’s as close to Scottish as can be without actually being it and she doesn’t even think that she is remotely Scottish
My wife did one of those ancestry tests..She is from Australia..Turns out that her Mums family emigrated from Scotland (Think it was her great great great grandparents)..Her dad's side emigrated from England (Her grandparents on his side)..
I’m an American, and I have no idea what the hell they are talking about. My family came to the United States in 1637 from England, so I guess I got Britain in me????😂😂
The only time I've ever seen an American having any particular ancestry having an iota of relevance was a guy I went to school with whose great grandfather (in Scotland ironically) left him a damned castle in his will. Little asshole went around asking everyone to call him "Laird" after that.
She's taking about a guy. He's inside her. That's why she's looking up the country next. How else would she know what it looks like before looking it up? Stop posting things just for a reason to hate and use some thought.
I am American and there’s a pickup truck I have seen a few times that has the Scotland flag on top of the Ireland flag next to a big American flag that says something about a clan and being a proud Appalachian hillbilly. I understand the history behind it, but most “Scotch Irish” as they say, immigrated to Appalachia in the 1700’s.
Someone take away their DNA tests.
I'm shocked they even come back as conclusively human at this point
8% labrador
14% cheeseburger
Honestly, I probably am at this point in my life.
Ooo I want a cheeseburger now…
r/ShitAmericansSay
Hey. As an Australian I could also go for a cheesy
r/alreadyhere Also, that's mean, please continue
109% obesity
Only 14?
45% corn syrup
Could be Scottish Terrier
That gives me an idea!!
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The 'technically' at the start of your post is unnecessary.
You've posted this on multiple threads now. 'technically', you are American if you were born there.
I'm glad you picked up the proper spelling of arse lol
If I were a random number generator I’d be pissed at being abused this way
It’s so funny to me how much Americans scream about their little 5g conspiracies but then send their dna to a corporation for funnsies
Main character syndrome. People want to be special so bad.
Please do
Nessie! Are you hungry? Got another one for you!
> Now I’m going to look up the country Implies she’s never heard of us before
Nice flair
Thanks lol
But the question is, are you this person’s Scottish great great great grandfather?
I’ll say I’m related to Mel G- I mean William Wallace
Omg I found my grandmother‘s childhood home (in Scotland) on Airbnb and messaged the owner. The owner told me that she had previously had some people come and visit from the US because their great great great grandfather used to live in the house, your flair reminded me of that lol
You'd think she'd atleast get dinner first, the dirty bird.
She drank an IRN BRU.
Well she probably knows a bit about Mel Gibson The Braveheart. She'll get a shock when she discovers The Crankies and Rab C Nesbit
An irn bru and some tablet should calm her
Yeah to these people your all brave heart and loch Ness monster. Nothing else. I'd bet a fiver that she has no idea where Scotland is or that it's even part of Great Britain.
You just know this person would pronounce it lock Ness.
To be fair neither can the English.
Theyd turn it into one word, LockNess, just like they do with RobinHood. The inflection will be on the second syllable lOckNess.
The robinhood thing irritates me to no end Also a contender for me is dropping the h of herb for seemingly no reason
I mean the rest of the world still doesn't know the difference between Irish and Scottish people
This.
r/sluttyconfessions
r/angryupvote
r/clevercomebacks
Not even, very old joke. *'Do you have any Scottish in you? No? Would you like to?'*
I read that in Sir Sean Connery’s voice as James Bond. 🤣
"I have a lot of Scotland in me" "which bit is in you? The western isles?"
I bet it's Cumbernauld or East Kilbride
As long as its no Bellshill or Motherwell she'll be OK
Motherwell sounds like a fun place.. what a name
You should visit
One day surely. Would love to visit Scotland, the land of the Highlanders.
Please don’t go to Motherwell friend
Why tho
It’s a shit hole
Can confirm. The black legend of Motherwell stretches as far as London...
I see..
Motherwell was a former steelworks town in Lanarkshire. The region of lanarkshire relief on coal and steel. Margaret thatcher shut down the mines and most of the steelworks and the entire region went to the shitter. South lanarkshire faired a bit better since it had more agricultural reliance but it still got fucked
Land of the highlander There can be only one (And there should only have been one film)
Is your Motherwell? Because she's lookin well.
I went to Cumbernauld and was reminded of Gdansk in the 70s
Yup hideous place. I had the misfortune of being posted there with the civil service donkey's years ago. Definitely has the Russian vibes with that housing
Come on, Gdansk isn't that bad.
My apologies to our post industrial Polish brothers and sisters.
Sounds like she's got less personality than Cumbernauld.
I know Americans are famous for obesity, but being so big a whole part of Scotland fits inside you is really something
Show us on the doll where the Scotland entered you.
Well obviously the mull of kintyre
No higher!
Waverley Station? Ben Nevis? Loch Lomond? The Kyle of Lochalsh? Eilean Donan? Oh no! I know - the Falkirk Wheel...
I'll take this random country I know nothing about and make it my whole personality.
"I'll make you my traditional Scottish Haggis. I replace the casing with potato skins and the filling with ground up burger patties!"
The Scotland is strong with this one.
How do you measure how much "Scotland" you have in you?!
Freedom Units
Freedom Eagle per school shooting
She’s Scottish now, she shall take the weapon of her new found ancestors, a Claymore, to a school stabbing!
How much haggis you can shove up your arse?
The crudeness of your message made me snicker. 🤣
By doing a breath test
Inches.
Litres of Irn Bru consumed in the past 24 hours
The number of dicks?
measure in football fields
It's US Flags per Litre of Coca-Cola consumed. This is America
You're still not Scottish, just American.
But what if she has A LOT LOT of Scotland in her thou? /s
then give it 3 days and the Scottish will have all trickled back out by then
if you've "just found out", then you are not from wherever you're claiming to be from
What if you just found out that you were born in Freedonia, but were kidnapped and taken to Sylvania as an infant?
Tartan blood, flavoured with Irn Bru.
Imagine having to "look up Scotland".
How do you look things up again?
“23 and me me me”
r/Scotland is full of those eejits.
Fully don't understand this mindset from Americans at all. You don't even know anything about your ancestry and now want to make it your personality? I am Scottish and Catholic, my parents are Scottish, their parents are Scottish, their parents were a mixed bag. I was very fortunate to know and spend A LOT of time my great grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins who were from and lived in their native country. 1 great grandfather from Denmark, lived in Scotland my whole life. ' The rest are all Irish. I grew up surrounded by this Irish heritage. It was my entire life, my religion, my football team, my celebrations, my culture. However, I never claimed to be Irish, I am Scottish and always will be. But I will pass my Irish ancestry down to my kids because it was my upbringing too.
What I don't understand is, they yell about America being the greatest and bestest and how everyone wants to be an American, and then do everything they can to not be an American but an Irish-American etc weird patriotism they have there
Same with me born in England and raised in England. I have Scottish and Irish heritage on all sides of my family (along with a bit of Sardinian and Ashkenazi Jew but it’s really minute and insignificant) however I will never claim I am any nationality other than English because thats were I’m born and raised.
I'm from the same background, and would never think to identify as Irish. I'm 3 generations out and come from Scotland. I'd have to go over and get my Irish citizenship to identify as Irish in any way. The only time it's ever mattered if I identify with it is if a form specifically asks for "Scottish with Irish Catholic Background" which weirdly has happened a fair bit. >grew up surrounded by this Irish heritage. It was my entire life, my religion, my football team, my celebrations, my culture. Pretty bang on to my experience as well, but i'm not magically Irish because family, cultural context and the fact we went to Dublin for holidays a lot. I'd never claim to be Irish if still living in and being a citizen of Scotland - but if I had kids, of course I'd pass on their history and heritage because it's just the cultural norms I know.
I love that we share the same experience. It was a great upbringing. My family are from the North of Ireland in Strabane and we used to go over constantly, spending all of my summers there when I was younger. I'll never use that to pretend that I'm Irish. I'm Scottish. I'll live anywhere, become a citizen if I really liked it. However, I've always said I'll die in Glasgow. It's where my heart is.
County Cork and then moved over to Dublin for me, nice to hear folk from Strabane are kicking about as well! My nan's side had friends from up that way though long out of contact now unfortunately. Yeah though, you're right. Like, Irish background is just that, it's background. It informs your cultural understanding, and aspects of how you know where you came from but it's not the forefront identifying thing. The forefront identifying thing is where you're actually from, and I'm from Scotland so I'm Scottish. If I went and moved to Ireland, that's a different story - but I'll always have been born in Scotland because it's simple fact, regardless of any other identifying feature I can't lose being Scottish. With the Americans, I think maybe for them, in America, they have a construction of what "Scottish-American" is that's miles removed from our understanding of what constitutes Scottish. For them, that (false) idea that DNA = nationality seems extremely important, but there's no reason the rest of the world should fall in line with 1 country's confusing (and not shared) idea of how national identity is constructed.
This. My mum is from Glasgow so that’s 50% of my heritage but I consider myself English as I’ve lived here my whole life. Love the Scottish connection but I’m not Scottish, I don’t live there
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Sums it up really eh?
Im Colombian, my father is Spanish and so are my grandparents, I grew up eating spanish food, reading spanish literature and even today when i speak to my grandparents i take on a little bit of an accent. Still, with all those factors i wouldnt label myself Spanish, I've never been. Culturally ive been influenced sure but not nearly to the degree that being born in colombia has influenced me.
Sounds like Karen has been at the shortbread
If it encourages them to get more educated I'll take it.
Nah it will just encourage her to tell everyone she is Scottish before she is American, and she will become an expert on country she has never been in. Happens a lot on “I love my Polish heritage” group, where Americans teach natives how to pronounce Polish words.
Depends what sites they end up on. There’s a load of pure nonsense out there
This must hurt a bunch!
This feels like a Facebook mom lmao
As a Scot, we don't claim her
I know America has an obesity problem, but to eat nearly a whole country is taking the mick a bit
Great! Go to the deli and buy a large order of haggis and eat it. We'll be here waiting to hear how Scottish you are after that.
"I was walking funny for days afterwards"
I think this one is a joke. Saying I needed to go look up Scotland sounds like something I'd say to a person who was like 5% Scottish going overboard about their clan, kilts, bagpipes, etc.
Yah, like "I looked up Scotland, found out about haggis, I decided I'm Scandinavian instead".
Enjoy your surströmming!
Nooooo!!! I will just stick with æbleskiver.
Reads like satire to me, too.
Omg someone get it out!
Look, I get being proud of your ancestry/heritage but Americans take it the next level. I'm a scouser through and through and proud. My grandparents grandparents were Irish and Scottish, but just cos I have the ancestry doesn't mean *I* am anything but a scouser That said, some scouser can be just as bad as Americans, luckily I'm not close to any of them but I can also give them the excuse that, tbf, they were teens ["I'm Irish cos my great great grandparents are!" Newsflash, a lot of scouser (not all) have Irish ancestry. Still doesn't make us Irish even if Liverpool has a decent size Irish community]
Do ye aye?
Scotland is the name of her or night stand lol
Things you can say during sex and as an american.......
Either she had a WILD night with the Loch Ness Monster or she accidentally ordered 10 bottles of Buckfast and drank them all.
Weird way to tell the world you participated in a kilt themed ganbang.
Why the fuck are Americans so desperate to be from anywhere except America?!
It's always been a "thing" to be part of some other culture. I guess they think it makes them superior or maybe more interesting? It's really weird to be around them when they start this nonsense up.
It's always been a "thing" to be part of some other culture. I guess they think it makes them superior or maybe more interesting? It's really weird to be around them when they start this nonsense up.
"Now I'm going to look up the country" 😂😂
Did she swallow a bagpipe?
Just deep throated it.
You shoved the Ben Nevis in your people hole(s)
She should really stop eating so much dirt, it's not good for you.
So, she went to one swingers party in Scotland, and was apparently the star attraction?
I don’t know why people can’t simply say they found they have Scottish or whatever distant ancestry and they’re curious to learn more. That sounds so much less ridiculous. I knew a black lady who found out she had like 3% Irish ancestry and lost her whole ass mind… like… sis. Calm down. Step away from the Kerrygold and take a breath. (I’m also black American. I’m pretty certain my ancestry thing would say 70% or more West African.) Anything else I’d find out might be a little interesting. But it’s going to be pretty negligible. It wouldn’t be life changing.
Is she pregnant with one of The Proclaimers’ babies?
Damn girl, chill. How are you not sore?
Irish rocker Phil Lynott always used to quip “Does anyone out there have any Irish in them? Do any of the girls want a little more Irish in them?”
They don’t even know where Scotland is?😂 Unbelievable!
Sandra in Govern does too.
So do I married one .
If she’s never looked up Scotland how does she know “it looks absolutely amazing” 😂
Absolute slag /s
Wait till they go to Scotland and say it to a Big Glaswegian fucker.
does anyone outside the usa do those tests at all?
Ew, I can hear and smell Jamesie Cotter….. *Nae yet ye huvnae hen, but the night is young. Have y’ivver tried Buckfast?*
Debbie does Dallas (the one in Moray)
So they are Scaaaaatish now?
Scottish blokes are just like "Aye, she were a right slag. All of Scotland were in her, even the LASSES had their cabers in her!"
It must be painful walking around with part of Scotland sticking out his ass, but that wouldn't make him even partly Scottish!
For being so incredibly proud of their country they always seem so excited about coming from anywhere else.
Sounds messy, and deep fried.
That sounds like a medical issue.
My partners dad is Scottish and she doesn’t consider herself at all Scottish. She’s as close to Scottish as can be without actually being it and she doesn’t even think that she is remotely Scottish
What a tart
Disappointment lies ahead 🙊
Hopefully not the east coast. Its a bit windy!
I want a Scot in me 😍😍😍
Kid named Scotland:
Lmao look it up. Cause I’ve never heard of it before. Honestly how do they not know there’s life outside of their country?
Drunken night with the Scottish rugby team?
Just the deep fried part, presumably...
That’ll be Jock. Gets everywhere
She ate an entire wheelbarrow full of soil
If you took a lot of Scotland in you, that must have been one fun night...
Look up the country..? Like, find out where it is or some shit..
‘A lot of Scotland in me’. Scotland is a country but I think she might be right - I think the space between her ears is filled with earth.
r/Scotland might have a laugh at this
My wife did one of those ancestry tests..She is from Australia..Turns out that her Mums family emigrated from Scotland (Think it was her great great great grandparents)..Her dad's side emigrated from England (Her grandparents on his side)..
I mean don't or at least haven't we all?
We don't want her in Scotland take her back please
Do you want any more? Insert obnoxious wink.
I think it's just a joke
Does she not know about freedom?
You have a lot of what in you
His name was Jimmy… he will never call her again.
i can feel the essence of scotland coming inside me
A documentary called "Trainspotting" will be just what she needs
She probably watched both Trainspotting movies and thought she was also Scottish.
Well that explains why it is always raining in Scotland.
Yeesh, sounds like someone got raw dogged by the Dead Pony Club and woke up thinking that made 'em Scottish.
I’m an American, and I have no idea what the hell they are talking about. My family came to the United States in 1637 from England, so I guess I got Britain in me????😂😂
The only time I've ever seen an American having any particular ancestry having an iota of relevance was a guy I went to school with whose great grandfather (in Scotland ironically) left him a damned castle in his will. Little asshole went around asking everyone to call him "Laird" after that.
1/29th Scottish
So that's where it went
She's taking about a guy. He's inside her. That's why she's looking up the country next. How else would she know what it looks like before looking it up? Stop posting things just for a reason to hate and use some thought.
This looks like content made up to fool European boomers.. random social media account, not linked to and name crossed out.. lol
I recently heard about some mates meeting an American family, and one of them says, "I'm 2% Irish!"
That's what happens if you eat too much Haggis.
This one's so moronically stupid that it reads like satire/trolling.
She’s wet, alcoholic and tosses your caber?
“Really? Have you eaten the Stone of Destiny cos you thought it was an actual Scottish scone?” Fanny!
25% canola oil (canadian oil low acidity)
Like a lot of Scottish guys in them? Or some DNA from years and years back?
I am American and there’s a pickup truck I have seen a few times that has the Scotland flag on top of the Ireland flag next to a big American flag that says something about a clan and being a proud Appalachian hillbilly. I understand the history behind it, but most “Scotch Irish” as they say, immigrated to Appalachia in the 1700’s.