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Reminds me of the recent The Grand Tour episode, when they mention how if you're famous for something positive you're called British, otherwise you're Scottish/
by smnscu 10y ago
Reminds me of the recent The Grand Tour episode, when they mention how if you're famous for something positive you're called British, otherwise you're Scottish/Welsh.
- mjw1007 10y agoDo they give any reason to believe that what they're mentioning is true? I've looked informally for this phenomenon and I haven't been able to find it. The only concrete piece of research I know on a specific case came up negative: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-34909845 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-349098...
- Retric 10y agoList of famious Scottish People often include J.K.Rowling as Scottish, but Wikipedia lists her as English. So, it probably only applies to people that can claim both as she was born in England, but wrote the books in Scotland.
- falsedan 10y agoScots have a saying: if you live here, you're Scottish.
- falsedan 10y agoAndy Murray is a highly-visible recent example [0]. [0]: https://stv.tv/news/stirling-central/1360095-andy-murray-more-scottish-when-he-is-losing-poll-finds/ https://stv.tv/news/stirling-central/1360095-andy-murray-mor...