How much do Americans know about Scotland?

July 4th, 2009 | by admin |
Rebecca R asked:


I was just wondering, as last summer I went on holiday with a group of Scottish girls to Switzerland, and we meet some American teens.
They asked questions like “So is Scotland a town in England?” (answer:NO)
“OMG your English is so good!”(english is the spoken language in Scotland)
“Do you wear kilts all the time?” (answer:NO)

I was just wondering if these thoughts were widespread throughout America?

What do you think of Scotland and the Scots? There’s some pretty bad steriotyping of the Scottish, but it’s a great place to live, I love it.

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  1. 6 Responses to “How much do Americans know about Scotland?”

  2. By Unself on Jul 7, 2009 | Reply

    They are generally stupid and ignorant. Look at famous liars; Hillarious Clinton, George Bush *******… I live in England and when I went to Scotland, the people were friendly, beautiful landscape, and I loved those things called Elgin Tablets.

  3. By TShizzle on Jul 10, 2009 | Reply

    Some americans are very stupid, I’ve been to Scotland, it’s a beautiful land. I love the country side. I got to stay in a hostel and stuff. I’ve always known that it’s not a city, for one, and I knew they speak english, so you just met some stupid americans. There are a lot of them, trust me. I wouldn’t mind moving there, but it’s a little cold for me.

  4. By Richard Chan on Jul 13, 2009 | Reply

    Alike people from any nationality or about any country

    Some Americans would only know what they saw in the movie brave heart whilst a few might know more the most of the people that live there.

    Its like me asking how much do Scottish people know about Brazil.

  5. By dancing_in_the_hail on Jul 15, 2009 | Reply

    Honestly, I’m an American and I don’t know much about Scotland at all. The photos show a beautiful land with a lot of history, and the movies…well, we all know what the movies show…but really, CNN and Fox News don’t have a whole lot to say about Scotland…and we don’t hear much about it as gradeschoolers…..so, no, sorry, Americans don’t know much about Scotland.
    :o ) That was one terrible run-on sentence….but I’m up WAAAAAY past my bedtime (it’s 0600 here and I’m on the end of a 12 hour shift…).

    I’d love to hear something interesting about Scotland, if you wanted to share it.

    Hail.

  6. By stubblejumper42 on Jul 16, 2009 | Reply

    I’m Scott (born in Canada)…raised by my Grandfather (from Scotland)…he missed boarding the Titanic…because He and his parents stopped to visit a sick cousin…missed the boat…you can ask me

  7. By Peter S on Jul 18, 2009 | Reply

    Americans know everything about Scotland which Mel Gibson taught them.

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