As a Scot, it is sometimes much easier to identify as being Scottish in many parts of the world. People tend to be slightly warmer to you when they find out you

As a Scot, it is sometimes much easier to identify as being Scottish in many parts of the world. People tend to be slightly warmer to you when they find out you are from Scotland and not just Britain. I guess years of colonialism still makes being British slightly tarred. For example visiting America, people are interested enough if you are from the UK but if you mention specifically Scotland they instantly start getting much more excited.