10 Ways Americans Make Scottish People BLUSH
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April 2019 is Scottish American Heritage month apparently, and i'm celebrating it right here on my channel with videos such as: Why Scottish People Reject Americans.
In today's video i'm talking about an important cultural clash: how some Americans have certain expectations of what Scottish people are like, based on how Americans with Scottish heritage celebrate Scottishness in the states.
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I'm sure you are patriotic, but you are so Americanized, its as though you are a self hating Scot. I'm not related to Wallace or Bruce, I'm related to some guy who cleaned latrines in the Hebrides. My great grandfather spoke Scottish Gaelic who came from Carradale. So did my grandfather Angus from Baddeck, Cape Breton NS, and my father Angus Drummond from Sydney NS. I know scraps. But seriously, why don't you embrace your heritage? Its like those of you "over there" have no balls left and don't give a F#@$ about your heritage. Did the English take your balls too? You should be ashamed of not knowing your history, clans, septs, and language. An anthropological abomination. SHAME!
Cringe and Blush are two COMPLETELY different things.
I am a descendent of one of the noble families that got kicked out.. lol 😝
Hi! Americans are such a large ' hodge poge' of SO MANY different ethnicities and origins of people. And while it makes for a great variety of awesome food and drinks and well, a lot of a lot; it also leaves folks feeling nostalgic for where they come from and who they are. Nonetheless, no matter where we originate, we ALL belong from somewhere on this beautiful God-given earth. In this regard, respect the differences, and appreciate the unity. Agape
After extensive research, I have discovered that I'm related to my mom and dad.
Noooo waaay, that's Amaaaazing㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙㊙ 😀
Sometimes though that extensive research leads to interesting surprises LOL
Pic or it didnt happen. Or even better a video of the act.
Well, your mom.
Not everyone is, its great you are.
Save the Gaelic language. it's a beautiful language.
Svartulf alba gú bráth!!
Enya sings in Gaelic. The Irish take Gaelic way more serious than the Scots.
I plan on learning it to revive it
@@LyraKeltica61 The Irish can freely teach their language because they're not a part of the UK. We can't because we still are.
Chelsie Claire Northern Ireland is part of the uk
Y'know, as an American, hearing foreigners say how they love our culture makes me feel good, because most of the time you hear about people who hate our country, so it's quite nice to hear people talk about how much they like it
Agree
Same here
Most people that hate our country are entitled celebrities that don’t know how good they have it😂🤣
I had this same feeling! :) I want to invite him and his family to my home now!
Everything in the US is an out of control scam. Health care. Education. Rent. Jobs. That is not even mentioning all the terrible shit they do in other countries (overthrowing vibrant democracies like Iran in 1953). You need to travel more and stop drinking that diabetes and obesity inducing American Koolaid.
I, English, met an old lady in Los Angeles, speaking with a Scottish accent. I asked her how long it was since she left Scotland? She said "you can tell I'm Scottish? I was five years old when I left!"
@@MichaelTheophilus906 The old lady will have learned from her mother.... not from her early years in Scotland I think. Many a mickle makes a muckle y'ken?
Can't wash that off with whisky or soap. Why would you? Keen to the tone of proper English to my ears. But everyone's a critic. Oh, hereto intho sofar as couldeth be into thou minds with syllables thrown about like bones upon the alter! - Old English deserved to be butchered.
If you are walking around in a kilt, shirtless, and drinking from a bottle of scotch, then you probably are an American.
From Florida
I know this is a year late! However if you’re calling Whisky “Scotch” then you’re definitely nae Scottish 😂
@@madsparkie and Scots are Scots....not Scottish
Yes, true!
Screaming freedom in blue face
I'm Native American and we don't wear our traditionals either. Only special occasions, weddings, under our graduation gown or Ceremonial celebrations, like pow wows.
It's been forever since I've been to a pow wows used to go to them all the time when I was a kid
I am Native American on my dad's side we are (Texas band of Yaqui )and my mom's side we are Scottish
I am also a Native American, I am regestered with the Creek Tribe, but my late Grandmother would always say, we were also part Cherokee ( like who isn't, lol).
Within our Tribal Nation, we do talk about our Tribal Heritage and ancestry. And, like my Grandmother and Father, we pass down our personal ancestory and history, to our children, grandchildren and nieces and nephews, etc. I have many well known ancestors, and, I teach my children about them.
Just recently my youngest daughter decided to look up my grandmother's first cousin, who was well loved by herself, and her Mother. His name was Alexander Posy, and he is looked upon as a famous Creek poet.
She quoted me all this information she had found out about him online. After I stopped laughing hysterically, I told her TRUE stories, handed down by our Family in OUR oral traditions.
My Grandmother told me his history and the rest of her family's history, by word of mouth handed down, by our family members.
That's how I know it's true.
My daughter was shocked that I remembered so much, and she asked me why I never told her all of this information. I told her, I tried throughout the years , but she was not ready to listen, but now she is, and is asking!
And that's how it happens within our traditions.
It gets passed on, when the asker is ready to listen and learn.
This is the way of the past, and not only within our culture, but cultures all over the world.
But in this "computer age", traditions like this are being lost to "so called " progress.
And this Young Scottish gentleman is a classic example.
Instead of saying he has no clue of his heritage, perhaps a trip to his Grandparents or great Uncles & Aunts house is in order.
But remember, ask with sincerity, and they will know you are ready to listen.
Blessings to You, From an old Indian⚘
sweetiebird 54
Yep- the oral tradition seems beautiful, but if you’ve ever played the game of telephone, or overheard the office gossip grapevine, you know how quickly facts can be distorted .
My Mom told me a lot of tall tales about our French heritage - internet research ,ancestry.com and interviewing some family members, actually helped me find the out FACTS- or at least a more probable history.
One tall tale, however, that she always told us, was actually true. My 6x great grandfather and his two brothers, the Peugnet brothers, did fight with Napoleon in the French Revolution.
So I think all oral traditions can benefit from some fact checking if possible.
SHERYL KINSEL I actually was discussing this with a Scottish friend
It’s sad that Scotland doesn’t know more about your history. It’s such a rich history and something y’all should be proud of.
Sorry I’m a year late but are you talking about American history? Because if you are then I love you
Who was left in Scotland after the clearances ?
@@McCRBen Sheep!
Agreed. Such rich history that led to where many of us landed, so to speak.
Most of us know .... don't listen to one person.
I have a little Scottish lady I work with who is in her 60’s. She’s only been in the US for a dozen years so her accent is still thick and I’m her trainer so I work closely with her. The other day she asked me a question and I answered “Oh, Aye.” Then blushed profusely and I apologize telling her I wasn’t mocking her it just slipped out. She was absolutely delighted. She said “Aye Love, We’ll have you speaking properly before I retire!”
I know Scottish schools offer different language classes. Please make Gaelic one of them. Don't let the language die.
Douglas Reeves most Scottish schools now offer Gaelic as an option. Also there has been a huge upsurge in Gaelic only schools which teach everything through the medium of Gaelic. Glasgow recently opened the first all Gaelic secondary school. I like Shaun’s videos but I don’t think the position of Gaelic is quite as bleak as he makes out here, although there is still a long hard fight to go to save the language.
@@dpaterson710 Gaelic is a hard language to learn
Omg! So true. A beautiful language
Danny Paterson Danny, I’m not doing this out of a position of disliking Gaelic, exactly the opposite. The fact that only 1.1% of our population speaks Gaelic is shockingly low. But I do know the current govt have been trying to make things better and I truly hope they make some headway with it 👍
Yes absolutely, save Gaelic, so many of the dialects of Gaelic are dead along with the Norn language of the northern highlands and northern isles.
Many people in America are very proud of their heritage, and history, so when they ask people from Scotland about clans, native languages, and such, they're most likely trying to find a connection to their heritage.
That’s definitely how I’d feel
Absolutely, a lot of Americans are deeply interested in their heritage. I love learning the origins of where my ancestors came from and would enjoy visiting those areas to learn more, Scotland, Ireland, and England.
And sometimes they're just woefully ignorant, such as when an American asks a Canadian if they have Christmas in Canada . . .
@@canadarocks3809 well..do you? 😉
same also in Japan clothing like yukata and kimono are worn mainly only for festivals, ceremonies and so
Proud of my Scottish heritage ! Not just because they came from Scotland but because they had the courage to cross the ocean to a place they had never seen before a begin a new life .
Scottish + Bravery and courage = Awesome !
Deb descendant of Clan Pollock ❤️
Aye! Nice equation there! A MacLachlan is typing this.
I dont want to burst your bubble pal but it was not just courage. Some were simply forced into the ships, some left out of desperation to go somewhere better and some were shipped over for fighting against England.
I’m 3 years late but 🤷🏼♀️😅 I think you nailed it at 9:50. My theory as to why we (Americans) hold so strong to our Scottish roots is because of how a lot of our ancestors came to America; punishment, fleeing, etc.
Our ancestors didn’t go through the changes that the rest of Scotland was forced to, so a lot of the culture we know comes from the 17-1800s.
Also, even though we have our country, I think a lot of us feel a little lost. I like to call us the “mutts” of the world. 😅 None of us have 1 straight line to a particular place or culture. So we find ourselves searching for our “home country”, learning all we can about places just to feel that connection. Its almost a bit like being homesick.
I hope this makes sense. It took me 20+ minutes to find the right words. 😅 I’ve never said any of this out loud. 😶❤️
No absolutely, makes perfect sense. I love learning about all of this! :)
@@shaunvlog same 😁 I just came across your videos a little while ago and I love them! It’s so interesting to hear your point of view and see the comparisons. Thank you for making them! ❤️
@@shaunvlog My own Scottish ancestry is through my father's side of the family (surnames Maxwell and Creighton), who had lived in southern Scotland in Ecclefechan (Dumfries) some four generations ago. Many aspects of Scottish life and culture accompanied the immigrants to America from Scotland, including their regional accents, cuisine/favorite recipes, religion--my dad was raised attending a Presbyterian church here for that reason, the habits of hardworking living and practical frugality, and a sense of being grounded in and proud of their Scottish ancestry. Four generations later, the accents are gone but our love of our Scottish roots and of the cultural connections we feel to Scotland and its people are still there. In some ways the Scottish people and their culture help me feel closer to my dad, even though he died in 1990, and to feel closer to his family who were already elderly or recently deceased when I was a toddler in the late 1950s. I knew my dad's mother, Ruth Creighton Sprague, but never knew his grandmother, Janet Creighton (or how/why she kept her maiden name). As a child I used to hear about 'Aunt' Mary Bligh and her thick Scottish accent, for example, though she was already deceased by then. We Americans of Scottish ancestry think of our those who emigrated here to start a whole new life as brave souls and wonderful, down-to-earth people of personal strength, practicality, faith, insight/intelligence, and inventiveness. Many of them came here not because they didn't love Scotland but to pursue their hope for greater opportunity to prosper and to partake of American freedoms (which are currently vanishing with sad rapidity, I'm sorry to acknowledge here). The long history of friendship between the people of America and the UK also plays a role in all of this as well.
I for one am glad you did and you nailed it.❤
When an elderly lady from England asked a kilt- clad scotsman if there was anything worn underneath, he replied, "No ma'am. Everything under my kilt is in good working order."
*BRILLIANT!!!!* 👍👍
Always read the whole thread first - that joke had already been cracked here 5 months ago. :-)
There's an old song... "The Scotsman", by Bryan Bowers...
"Now a Scotsman clad in kilt left a bar one evening fair,
One could tell by how he walked, that he'd drunk more than his share..."
Well, to summarize the rest of it, he goes to sleep, beside the street, and two girls happen by...
One says to the other, with a twinkle in her eye, "I wonder if it's true what they DON'T wear beneath their kilt." So, she lifts his "Scottish skirt" to see... and...
"There, behold for them to view, beneath his Scottish skirt
was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth."
Then...
"As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon, tied into a bow
around the bonny star the Scot's kilt did lift and show."
@@Nyet-Zdyes Popularized by the Irish Rovers, I believe.
Lmao
Heh, I visited Scotland a while back (Dundee), and the gentleman that drove me around asked me if I rode horses. (I'm from Arizona). I said no. he said "That's ok, I don't wear a kilt either". We both chuckled quite a bit. It was a nice icebreaker and a fun sharing of stereotypes.
Hey! My Grandparents were from Dundee, they immigrated to America in the early 1900's, I barely remember my Grandad, but he had a big influence on me. When I was 17 I visited Dundee. I wish I could go back to Scotland again.
When I lived in Arizona, _everyone_ i knew rode horses, including my whole family. Except for me. I love them, but I'm a terrible rider, and I've got very short legs. XD
@@Kaotiqua That's fair, outside of the major metropolitan areas it's still really rural and agricultural. But it's usually recreational riding, not riding for transportation lol.
Dude, you still say "y'all" and I'm all for it.
Ok basically wearing a kilt all the time would be like wearing a tuxedo out in the street, just saying
Worn with a Prince Charlie coatee, then I would agree. Worn with an Argyll jacket, just a vest or plain shirt, then would have to disagree.
Agree with Stanley Cup; I wear a Kilt to work once or twice a week. Worn with a Polo, T-shirt, or collared shirt & vest, it is comfortable daily wear. The ‘approximation’ is the Argyll jacket & vest is equal to a business suit & the PC & vest is black/white tie (tuxedo). So, depending on what you wear WITH the Kilt defines the ‘formality.’
@@joegroves1519 you need to be joking
My grandma hammered into me that I was SCOTTISH. haha. Her family were thrown out from the clearances.
The Scottish people who came here wanted us to never forget where we came from. I believe it was great pride to be able to wear the clan tartans when the English wiped it from your history.
I believe it was so important that we were able to regain our identity.
So in some ways, my grandma's family was truly Scottish as in keeping the traditions. I know I was to always remember that part of my heritage. It's like NEVER FORGET.
What I'm trying to say is that you can find some of the old Scottish ways say in Nova Scotia.
I agree 100% with you N One. It was who we were, we had to learn. I am very proud of my Heritage. Shaun, you look young and don’t care about your Clan, colors, etc. Americans are taught what their Heritage is just like the Native Americans at birth. We feel it is important that you know where you came from. I am sorry if it guals
I think that is the difference between America and many other countries like Canada , Australia and NewZealand .. they claim. to be of Scottish Heritage rather than claim that they are Scottish. Its semantics I know but I think it matters.. just my opinion.
@@pengy4792 my mom's family name was Stirling.
And yes, it was always told to us kids, never forget who you come from.... who you are.
@@pengy4792 what do you mean
I'm actually full 1/4 Scot. Emigration from Uist. I firmly believe the Scots I Came from preserved the Scottish history in the America's and other places.
Scotland isn't the same. They've grown under English rule. Nothing bad with that, but the many of us here were taught to never forget.
Hello American Revolution!
You forgot to mention how Americans see the Scottish men as the epitome of manliness
This is true. They're badasses.
@CrimsonmileTV how so? The Scottish are double hard
@CrimsonmileTV nah I've a ton of respect and love for the Scottish. It helps I have a bit in my Gene pool.
So very true
Yes!!!! Omg! 😍
Scottish Gaelic is now on Duolingo & there are also places like LearnGaelic and Glossika where you can learn the language like I am doing myself. I've heard of classes being held in Glasgow and Edinburgh as well and educators are currently fighting to teach Gaelic in schools like Irish gets taught in Ireland. Hopefully, we can save our language.
We always thought we were Irish but my Irish ancestors came to Ireland from Scotland. They were of Scottish and Norse descent, so I’m basically a Scottish Viking with a couple generations from Ireland in the mix!
😂😂 that’s me. I always thought my ancestry was mostly Irish. Turns out I’m more Scottish than anything … really, I’m American:), but the other is what 23&me and Ancestry tel me. :)
Exactly the same for me.
So am I. My brother and cousins are all big blond Viking types. They tan beautifully.
They're all sailors as well.
I am petite, red haired, and gave an Irish pallor that rivals Dracula's. I burn under a 40 watt bulb!
Who cares? Go back far enough and we all emerged from the swamp.
My understanding is that Irish people first started to migrate North to Scotland in 400 A.D. So the ancestors of Scottish people are from Ireland. You should think about googling it. Fascinating.
My Scottish genealogy research shows that I am related to mostly hard working miners and farmers. I am very proud of that heritage.
I found the same thing in mine, good hard working salt of the earth, and you're right, it's a heritage to be proud of.
Jim Brown me too
I'm related to a guy named Scott. Is that close enough?
My genealogical research (many thanks to the Aberdeen and Northeast Scotland Family History Society) has shown me to be descended from mill laborers and prostitutes, and a long line of unmarried mothers. Not a whole lot to be proud of, but it makes for some interesting conversations.
Mike Dinsmore you actually CAN be so proud! Just imagine all those strong unmarried women who made it through, so you can be here now. They were so strong! I‘d be extremly proud of them!
As an American, my favorite joke about Scots: Tourist from America sees a Scot in a kilt. She asks, "Is anything worn under the kilt?" He replies, "No, everything under there is in fine working order."
😂
I heard that common answer to "what's under the kilt" is "shoes". :'D
galanie bha
Nothing under but socks and shoes
Or you could reply, "Aye, socks, shoes, and talcum powder."
About 8 years ago, I was woofing (working on organic farms for board and lodging) for 2 month in Scotland. For a few weeks I was staying with a family on Skye. The youngest of their kids learned Gaelic as a second language in elementary school. He was already pretty fluent and was always wondering, why I couldn't understand him.
“I dont have any Scooby Doo idea”, hahahaaa! You’re Awesome! Love your videos!!! 😁
Many of the enthusiastic Americans come from families who kept close track of their lineage. It’s passed through generations, usually through family bibles.
Many who lived through the clearances had great pride in their lines and passed that information down through the generations. My grandmother had her father’s family tree from the mid 1700s. I have that information handed to me now, I didn’t have to do any research.
While Americans can often seem loud and obnoxious, the culture is so different, their love for the land and the Scottish people comes from the heart, from a good place.
J D they seem loud and obnoxious, because most of them are loud and obnoxious.
@@kazuiin_ I won't argue with that. Many are, though not all, especially those who come from densely populated areas.
@@kazuiin_ To be loud and obnoxious is more a result of one's gene determined auditory sensitivity or not, which varies within families.
J D not all Americans are “loud & obnoxious “ ..
Mines MacGregor...yeahh, someone burned that family tree a wee bit. 😕
Thank you for the heads up. But as a nation of immigrants, we want to be proud of where we came from, it helps us to clarify who and what we are as human beings.
Philip McGee very true! We are proud of where we came from!
Exactly....... This video is very rude of him to make..... its such a turn off😖😖😖
Agreed.
@@augustal4243 It isn't rude, you just don't like it, and that's OK. Something tells me you won't be finding yourselves overseas, anyway.
August AL Wah? Where’s your Scottish machismo? So what if this guy says what he feels/sees. We can continue having our own little Scottishtowns and doing whatever we want and asking them wtf you don’t speak Gaelic?
Oh, I feel better. I've always wanted to visit Scotland. My grandmother had strong Scottish heritage and I am actually nervous to not offend any Scottish people should I ever (and I dream to) visit Scotland. I would not be guilty of 9 of them. The only thing was #8. The thing is...we in the US who are so proud of our Scottish heritage CRAVE to know our Scottish roots. We feel disconnected from people we so WANT to be connected to. We have loads of Celtic and Scottish festivals here. It's a way to reach out in love when we ask about clans. We are trying to connect to people we have affection and admiration for. We want to feel part of you...like family. We don't want to feel like foreigners to you. To my experience, it's really an unusual thing in the US to cling so much to one part of our ancestry (other than Native American). Hence the festivals.
I also hope that you all will not be annoyed that I don't quite understand you at first. Please be patient. I'm probably so in love with your accent that I look like an idiot.
I think what I appreciate most from this video is knowing that even the Scottish in Scotland don't have their ancestry figured out. A lot of Americans are some hodge podge mix of ethnicities and have long lost their heritage and this is often why Americans are so keen to tell you exactly who they are and who they're related to. It's a rarity here.
Maybe it's because with so many different backgrounds in America we want to hang on to our personal history
And fair enough, but I think it's respectful and probably rewarding to get the wording to things 100% correct.
Gaelic is a language that needs to be kept alive. It's an important part of Scotland's heritage. I wish I knew it so I could speak it. I don't like it when people call the people Scotch and call a kilt a skirt. I love my Scottish heritage even though I don't live in Scotland but sure hope to in the future. Another awesome vlog Shaun. Thank you so much! 💜
There are videos available that teach both Scots and Irish Gaelic. Google them or go to Amazon and you can find them pretty easily, and are reasonably priced.
There is an free app that I've been using to learn Spanish called Duolingo, and I noticed that they have Gaelic. Might want to give that a shot
Go to learngaelic.scot - the one-stop shop for everything you could possibly want to learn Gaelic for free and on your own. Sabhal Mòr Ostaig and the Atlantic Gaelic Academy also offer correspondence/telephone courses for a fee. Or have a big of a google to find out whether there's a speakers' or learners' group near you, because if you're in a major city in North America or Australia there almost certainly would be.
I don't see any signs of Gaelic dying out here in the North,quite the reverse,the language is well funded in schools.
I was once in a bus station in Louisville Kentucky USA and a Scottish lady asked me to watch her luggage while she went to the rest room. I recognized her accent because my grandfather and father are from Glasgow. when I asked her "what part of Scotland are you from?" she lit up like Thank you! if one more American called me British or English I was gunna loose my mind. Had a lovely conversation about traveling. hope she is well haha.
Re: the ancestry stuff, when you go by probability, most people who are of Scottish ancestry probably do have an ancestor who is a monarch because once you get just a few generations back, the number of ancestors you have is so large that statistically a few are gonna be monarchs, especially in a concentrated view like Scottish ancestry
It’s a more condensed version of how pretty much every person with European ancestry is a descendent of Charlemagne
Agreed. 👌
@@katiemoyer8679 yep, that is how it is
You're speaking for all Scottish people, so I'll speak for all American southerners: Keep saying "y'all"! We like it! It's endearing and amusing to hear such a unique word to us being used across the pond without being parody.
Seriously, y'all is the absolute best second-person plural pronoun to arise from the soup of catholic English.
@@user-lp3cf5yn5b Clearly a regional accent is a reflection of one's ability to learn. People from Appalachia in particular used to (and might even still) get denied entry to college just because of the way they talk. Incidentally, that's also where a lot of the Irish and Scottish immigrants settled and stayed... so... you know... hundreds of years of discrimination still alive and well, it seems.
Yes, I love it when foreigners use our Southern vernacular- “y’all”. Usually includes a bit of their own accent which I think is really cute! 😉
Yep, that's right! Y'all means everyone!
I agree! Y'all is an important inclusion in the English language as it removes the awkwardness of identification of persons and genders and addresses more than one person without calling them all 'you guys' or an equally ineffective descriptor. I see nothing wrong with using 'Y'all'.
Make a Scot blush? Turning a Scot red is easy
heck, *_they get a sunburn from a flash picture,_* fer cryin outloud
I can sympathize. Since 94% of my ancestry comes from the British Isles, I get sunburned putting up the Christmas tree lights.
RWBimbie true
FWIW: While I *suspect* I have some Scottish ancestry, I am GLAD I am _not_ that close genetically.
WHY?? I was born and raised in *_FLORIDA, USA._* 😊😊😊
I was very lucky = I was born in Scotland but we immigrated to
Australia. Sister and mum went bright red blistered peeled and went back to their pale colour. Myself and my father, we burn yes, but we also tan, and yes I do have red hair.
Ha, my friends joke I could get burnt by a full moon.
I’m Scot-Irish! Also people think crazy stuff about the states! Some people asked if we were still cowboys with horses and no cars!! Haha
A lot of Americans of all backgrounds are very proud of our ancestry. Scots, Irish, Italian, French and so on and on
When my French professor did her exchange program in France and heard she was from Arizona, they assumed she was living in the Wild West lol. She said people were a little obsessed with the western stuff when she went so she got a lot of questions. The family she stayed with even had a dog named Cactus 😆💗
My great great grandfather immigrated to the U.S. in the 1800s. I never knew about this in school, my grandfather was the one who kept talking to me about my scottish heritage. When the internet came along that is when I found out more. Now with DNA kits my sister mother have found out clan colors etc. I would not think the average person in Scottland to know theirs either.
Your sister mother? Are you from West Virginia?
@@ChrisCaldwellO66 oh snap I didn’t catch that. That family history really is something LMAO
DNA tells you your colors?
My father is from Lanarkshire, I am from the US. That makes me American and I descend from coal miners, pub owners and teachers. According to my DNA test, I am 100% human. ;)
God bless ye!!
That's the problem with Americans we got all your rebellious Scottish people.
Or maybe that's a good thing! Not so many English soldiers here, telling us what to do, these days! 😁
Are you so sure that is a bad thing?
Paul Badtram, I’m assuming your comment is very tongue in cheek because we should appreciate them. I’m now wondering how many of those Scots and their descendants fought in our wars, most especially those with England?
@@YaYa-lz1zt, about as many as the Irish did. An Irishman would step out off the ship and be immediately inducted into the Continental Army because those boys were really ANGRY.
Its tongue and cheek, ya'll only the rebellious and fed up people leave their home lands. That goes for all immigrants.
Scots in America fought hard to keep as much of the culture as we could. We failed in many ways, but our Scottish culture would be from centuries before. We developed differently because we were separated from our home. But we’re very proud of our heritage.
Haha!! 😂
No you developed differently because you're just american.
@@thevis5465 definitely! It's neat to learn about heritage as an American because most of our lineage comes from other places, but I'm grateful I was born here. Just looking at UK housing sizes, prices, and salary and I can't imagine how y'all have any hope, especially post Brexit. Wishing y'all the best of luck! 😘
@@Scar-jg4bn The UK is not one country. I am solely Scottish, nothing else.
@@thevis5465 not one country, but y'all are lumped together on the international stage with Brexit bud. The EU sees you as just as much of a Brit as England and I don't see Scottish independence passing anytime soon. 🙃
When it comes to America's romanticized view of scotland , i truly think alot of it comes down to envy . we are still a very young nation and most of our culture is a mixture of every culture that was brought here from elsewhere . if you look at our founding population , a great majority bare scottish surnames .
So when it comes to our love of things like kilts or ancient historical landmarks , we obsess over it because its what we lack . When immigrants come in from afar , they practice their indigenous culture for a generation or two before that is lost to local assimilation . this is often seen as an unfortunate side effect of multiculturalism and in response we may tend to compensate in over zealous ways in attempt to embrace what our parents left behind .
@goblin mart Thank you! You said so well what I was thinking in my head! I sometimes feel as if I barely know who my grandparents are, let alone my ancestral line. It makes me feel very disconnected and lonely at times.
I'd say goblin mart made an accurate statement. Although, we don't want anyone to think that we aren't proud of American traditions and values. We totally are and I absolutely love to learn about my American history. However, I do wonder about my Slavic and German heritage and would love to learn more about my ancestors to feel a connection with them.
Yes. But if no one assimilated, we would never have even started to be a ''nation.''
@Goblin Mart, Imagine how the indigenous peoples of the land your on feel then. Ask any of them about cultural assimilation and the so-called ""boarding schools""
I suppose that's a good way of putting it. Thing is, a lot of people outside America, particularly in UK and Ireland, have at some point in our lives romanticized about America. A lot of popular culture over here comes from America. So we imagine what it would be like to live over there and have all the cool stuff you have. Every Irish or British child has at some point wanted to be an American. So it does work the other way too
Is it just me, or could anyone else listen to him talk 24/7 ???
Amy C. Bullard But he is purposefully talking slowly and clearly so we Yanks can understand.
Just you Amy. Just you.
Amy, you are not alone
Aye!
Please, no!
Hey Shaun! You are correct about some of us knowing our ancestry and heritage. Being a McClure, our families roots can be traced from central Pennsylvania back to Ulster. That is where we lost the 'a'. Before that the surname was 'MacClure'. The family came to Ulster from Skye. The family was originally a sept of the Clan MacLeod. I have some items of clothing that include the MacLeod clan crest and MacLeod tartan. My wife and I visited Scotland in August of 2016 and one of the highlights of the trip was a visit to Dunvegan Castle on Skye. Not to weird you out or anything, but it sets the stage for the next part of the story.
We flew out of 95 degree New York and landed in a misty, 60 degree Edinburgh. It was wonderfully cool and damp for August during our visit and my wife packed her wool MacLeod tartan shawl. She wore it when we toured the castle. All of the guides on the tour visibly bristled when they saw her wearing the tartan. Several of the guides approached and quietly asked if she was 'allowed' to wear that tartan. My wife explained our connection to the MacLeod clan and we were warmly welcomed. When we went to the next room to a different tour guide, this pattern was repeated again and again. My wife was a good sport about all of it, but is was a bit odd. It would appear that some people take the tartans very seriously.
Here in America, some are very aware and proud of their heritage and others are blissfully ignorant. I have noticed that many people here frequently consider the Irish and the Scots different names for the same people. Like the tour guides, I bristle a bit at this, but I understand that they mean no offense. The two groups share a great deal of history and culture, but separated long ago. I love the way Billy Connolly puts it. "The Scots were an Irish tribe! A lot of people don't know that. Yeah! A kind of mentally ill Irish tribe. The chief said, "C'mon lads! I know an even RAINIER place!"
Love your vlogs!!!
Hahahaha "C'mon lads I know of an even Rainer place!" Hahahahahahab
I bought a early 1800's wooden blanket chest from a antique shop in Toronto that has the name A.N. McLeod engraved on the front. What's odd is under the name McLeod it also has Vicksburg, Miss. I've spent years trying to connect those 2 areas. And during that time, the only A.N. McLeod I've found is a Archibald Norman McLeod, a historical figure in early Canadian history. Probably from the Battle of New Orleans somehow.
You are boring.
Are you and the Mrs anywhere near The Skook?
@@rockcrusher9524 And you are a party pooper! We are having so much fun and then, someone like you comes along! Don't like the channel? Go to another one! What a load of shite!
The thing about ancestry is once you've gone back a few hundred years, you have more potential ancestors than there were people alive at that time, so yeah, I'm descended from , right, and so is everyone else
Yep. I like that because it makes me feel
Connected to and related to everyone.
Thank you. These things ARE important to know.
"someone from Scotland is a Scot, Scotch however is a drink"
Sir Sean Connery, King of Scotland
And he died today, October 31, 2020.
I live in Georgia, USA. Nothing high-born about my family (Cameron). My Scottish ancestors were successful horse thieves
Kevin McHale they were horse thieves in Scotland or in America? I’m also a Cameron; I’ve never heard anything about the horse stealing. Most of what I know about Clan Cameron is that they were instrumental in the Jacobite rising of 1745 and that they had a feud with Clan Mackintosh that lasted over 300 years.
Kevin McHale I had a bit of a giggle reading your post. My family tale also has horse theivery in it, (don't worry my back ground is Irish so totally different family line) At any rate the story goes that a great, great grandparent stowed away on a ship to escape punishment for horse theft back in the old country. Can't really prove the varacity of this tale but our family has always had a good laugh over it. I especially enjoyed relating it to an in-law that seemed to think they were somehow related royalty in the UK just to make her squirm a bit. Glad to say as far as I know the family has stayed on the right side of the law since entering the states, guess if its true my grandparents were early anchor babies.
Seriously, Georgia was founded by the Brits as a penal colony. They shipped off all of the horse thieves, criminals, and other riff-raff from the UK to Georgia. After the Revolution, Australia became the UK's prime dumping ground when they needed to depopulate the prisons.
@@russbear31 It was hilarious the time when the Olympics moved from Georgia , a penal colony, next to Australia, another penal colony.
Taylor is a sept of clan Cameron and I visited the Clan Cameron heritage museum back in 2014. It is tucked away at the end of one of those single lane roads that the UK is famous for just north of Ft William. If you ever travel to Scotland then go visit it. And I'm Australian and a descendant of one of those convicts (dad's side) and a Gunn (mum's side) from a little fishing village on the east coast, Caithness. Definitely no royalty in my descendency. Chuckle
I think our Scottish and Irish family members were happy to have survived the journey and thrived in a harsh new land, not to mention missed home. Maybe that's why they really stressed the cultural identity to us.
I wish I knew more about my history. I can’t seem to go back very far. My family was basically poor farmers. But some names are Scottish, and the DNA came back with Scotland listed. I’ve been to your country only once, but it was so very amazing. I would love to come back. :) this was fun to watch; thank you! (I think I’m clear of all those blunders!)
I was in a busy bar in Inverness and I made a Scotsman blush. The place was getting more and more crowded and eventually this guy was right up against my legs while I sat on a stool. I tapped him on the shoulder and said “Would you like to sit in my lap?” And he turned as red as your shirt. 🤣
I never think of Scottish people as being “behind the times.” There’s a great book named “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” (or such). The author credits the excellence of the Scottish educational system for all sorts of inventions being discovered, such as the steam engine, then the train engine. Scots, as a whole, are persistent people, who keep working through adversity. I remember my Father saying to Never, Ever, Give Up on a task.
Oh, BTW, I will be marching this Saturday in the NYC Tartan Parade (Yeah!!) as a Piper in “Tunes of Glory,” a massed band for pipers and drummers whose own bands aren’t marching in the parade and who want to have a lot of FUN!
Thanks for the great blog! One last thought, I think a lot of folks are learning about their clans on the internet. ScotClans.com, a family business in Edinburgh, has all sorts of beautiful items to purchase and also provides a lot of historical information to connect your last name with a Sept or Clan.
Meow!
hahaha omg that's funny
If you had been in Glasgow the guy would have sat on your lap.
@@tweetiepie551 *noted* ;)
Shaun, you have my permission to say “y'all.” You're welcome, Janice from Texas.
Really, certain accents and slangs are so easy to pick up, without one intending to. I spent two days in New Orleans, and picked up quite a bit that took several weeks to wear off. Another way of looking at this issue is this: if you come visit me, I would much rather hear you speak your own accent, because I like it. I hear the local accent all the time, you are the unique one and that's fun. But, then again, I would probably get a kick out of hearing you try to copy our local accent and stuff. That would be fun, too. And about British Celtic accents - most people I personally know can't tell the difference between Irish, Scottish, or Welsh accents.
PS - all men look great in a beard and a kilt. IMHO.
calichigal
Janice, you really think all men look good in a beard? I love the look and feel of my man when freshly shaven. It’s so sexy. A beard does not feel good to touch or when kissing - also gathers food particles ( yuck)
Kilts can be downright sexy on the right man!!
Hi Janice! I live in Texas, too, and am also named Janice. I know Texas is a huge state, but was wondering what town or city you are from. I live in a small town called Kerrville...otherwise known as The Hill Country.
Best wishes to you! 🐈
As an original Texan, I second that motion, and also agree about men with beards and kilts.
Something I never considered before is the impact of oral history. So, my husband has Scottish ancestry and I have Irish ancestors. The one thing I can honestly say is that both his and my parents or grandparents told us stories that were passed on to them by their parents and so on. I think that is why some of us Americans have such an old or historical view of things. For instance - my grandpa loved the song, "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and songs like that or the movie "The Quiet Man". My husband always heard how his ancestors were deported for fighting for the wrong side at the wrong time yet he talks about it with the pride of standing up for what you believe in.
We will be visiting in August and cannot wait! My wife's heritage comes from Scotland that her family is very proud of. I think one reason Americans tend to be interested in their ancestry is just the fact that almost everyone's family is an immigrant that was not that long ago in the grand scheme of things. Feeling displaced is something my wife has always said she has felt. Living and growing up in a place that your family line dates way back to is just a different feeling than living and growing up in a place that was never truly yours to begin with. Its all very interesting.
I lectured my girlfriend about this before we vacationed there. Americans are really very nice people, but we can be pretty overwhelming in our American-ness. :-) Beautiful country bud.
Dan King like calling people bud?
@@thejasonbischoff Well, since I've been called bud in Canada and Australia, and buddy in Mexico, India and Greece, no....not like that at all.
It's nice to see this, my family always lied about who we were, it started back in the mid 1900s for my family, claiming to be native american under the belief that the government would give you free land, I found out that my family came from Scotland and I'm 3rd generation born in the US, Scottish from both sides on my family, I got really interested in learning more and being proud of being Scottish, and found most people I met from Scotland were about a 50/50 split, half seem to hate you if you claim being Scottish, and others are so happy to welcome you and hear that someone is proud of even being part Scottish
Scooby-Do ideas- love it!
Great stuff to know. Thanks, I’ll probably never get to Scotland, I’m an American who has still to see much of America but your information is much appreciated.🇺🇸💋
My maternal uncle swears up and down that we are descendants of Robert the Bruce, though even I find that claim dubious. (My mothers maiden name is MacPherson, which is actually one of the most common surnames for people of Scottish descent outside of Scotland.) He loves to tell me the history of our clan and loves the movie Braveheart. (Though I also have actually studied the actual history and understand that it's a wildly inaccurate movie, with the exception that William Wallace existed, Robert the Bruce becoming the King of Scotland, and King Edward Longshanks being a brutal jerk who sought to take advantage of Scottish disunity for his own gains.) I can understand how the obsession of Americans of Scottish wish old Scottish culture can make you cringe, but for many of Scottish descent it's way for them to connect to their roots, to find a core of their identity in a culture that is constantly changing. American Scots were some of the loudest and fiercest advocates of revolution during the Revolutionary War, and some of the fiercest fighters against the crown, because they were descended from all of those who had been driven from their ancestral homes. If Americans of Scottish descent weird you out, we aren't trying to offend, they just believe that kilts, bagpipes, and the Highland Clans are the coolest thing ever, and they just want to reconnect with their heritage. Hell, there was a time when the only place to find a wide variety of traditional Scottish folk songs was in the mountains of Appalachia, where the songs were passed down from generations and would go on to form the basis of American folk and country music.
Thanks Robert, I totally agree with you. And I don’t myself feel that way but many in Scotland do. I laid out the context as to why some Scottish people are like that in this video: ua-cam.com/video/x2LDYvFVsSs/v-deo.html
I mistook a Yorkshire accent for a Scottish one today LOL. Guy took the time to talk to my kids about his home town. Really sweet guy.
I love,the Yorkshire...always so poetic...but its nowhere near Scottish...
How?
How I mistook it? I am human.
My godfather informed me as a kid to NEVER reference Scotch to anything but liquor. 😁 Much love to ya all.🇺🇸🏴
Very informative tips for when I am finally able to visit Scotland. I live in the U.S. and am of Scottish heritage, and I am so excited to visit Scotland one day! Thanks for all your informative videos!
I love my Scottish heritage, albeit it's small and unimpressive compared to other people's claims. I did have an opportunity to visit the area where the family originally came from and did see, my own surname on several mailbox slates! THAT was cool and confirmed a lot of my great-grandfather's stories! 💙 The men on my father's side lived to grand ages, so for me the time between Culloden and modern time felt 'shortened' - it gave me some fabulous family stories, that I have passed on to my kids & grandkids 😊
Great video!!! Makes so much sense, that I never realized before, that the British did truly stamp out a lot of what American think is “Scottish” the Highlander’s came here to get away from it and there for
, brought their customs with them.
I personally would love to see the video you mentioned about the differences between Irish and Scottish, I would never in my life attempt an accent, but it would be fun to see AND hear.
The “Scottish” the Highlander’s came here and put more toughness, pride, and backbone into the mix.
I finally found the sources to properly learn Scottish gaelic. So hopefully I'll join in the community that's working to keep gaelic alive
Love watching you Shaun , Ulster Scot here.....
No Royalty, but my ancestor was hung, drawn, and quartered for serving as a Captain in the Pentland Rising. His name is inscribed on the Monument in Glasgow.
Damn that's is some very *'American'* behavior ! ..So, Scots you say? 🧐
@Thread Bear I had a family member who was a Jacobite "traitor" who was sent to the colonies after the 1715 Rebellion. I always wondered WHY my family came here- honestly, why would they leave such a beautiful place to come here- then I found out it was not because they wanted to.
Funny that some folks get weirded out by someone asking if them if they know so-and-so. I view it as being friendly and trying to find a connection. When I meet someone from another state, we compare where in that state they’re from, and we ask about other possible commonalities. It’s really just a way of making small talk. And I have met people who know someone I know. It’s fun.
And you can be sure, the next Scottish person I meet, I’ll ask them if they know you😂😁😉
Hahahaha I love that. If they say no, reply: well you should know 🤣🤣
I used to hear that a lot when I was in the Air Force. People ask me if I knew their 2nd cousin on their wife's side, they were once in the Marines...LOL.
We Texans have copious pride in Texas, and are far from shy about making that publicly known.
When traveling, a lot of times the locals dont take too kindly to Texans being so... overtly Texan.
However, when folks travel to Texas its a different story- visitors find out first hand that Texas does everything bigger, and that includes Texas sized Southern Hospitality. Come on down... get a hat, have some BBQ, shoot some guns, make some friends.. heck, we even have some fine salt & fresh water fishing
That specific type of small talk makes no sense though. Like how many people in a city of hundreds of thousands or millions are going to know each other? Chances are insanely small. Lots of other good small talk topics.
I got that all the time at Ohio State University (HUGE university in Columbus, Ohio). People would ask me if I knew their nephew, brother, grandson, niece, cousin, whatever. Sometime I just said I did for the heck of it! There are over 66,40 students on campus! It is like it's own city.
This is over a year old but glad to hear this. My great grandparents were from Ireland and our Scottish half had gone into England just outside of Wales before coming to Texas. Yes , Texas. I won't call the fine folks of Scotland, English and don't call me an American. I'm a Texan. Most of the great-grandparents died here, and their children, my grandparents couldn't or didn't tell us a whole lot. However, I grew up with all the big long stories, ghost and otherwise. No matter how we migrate it would appear you can't take some of the Scottish ways out of us.
"Socks & Dirty Jocks!" Hilarious! Never heard that before. Very informative vid.
I think Nova Scotia Canada, actually teaches a type of Gaelic, in school
christine cornish I heard that too. Wouldn’t surprise me if more people in Canada speak Gaelic than in Scotland
Yes! It's the Atlantic Gaelic Academy! I'm hoping to attend there online soon.
I'm taking Gaelic classes online now, taught by an American who got a degree in Gaelic! He even has taught it to his children! It's a very complicated language with some sounds my American mouth isn't used to making. My favorite is the sound for "ch" which most Americans pronounce as a hard K, but in Gaelic sounds more like a cat coughing up a hairball. Our teacher calls it the "glottal scrape".
Cape Briton Island, I once entered a Gaelic contest in which the grand prize was an immersion week at the college. Although, I did not win I was given a respectable grade for my prose which I was right proud of, and clearly have not forgotten the experience either.
Nova Scotia has a huge population of Scottish ancestry, Cape Breton Island is absolutely gorgeous and they have many highland games there. And their welcome center usually has bagpipers performing for the tourists.
I'm Texan and I couldn't fake another accent if I tried. My west Texas twang is too thick.
Odessa....
I live in Post. Originally from Big Spring but went to school in Coahoma. My sister and her family live in Midland.
El Paso!!
Also born in Big Spring! I went to school in Coahoma before we moved to Corpus.
Anna Sullivan my scottish accent is to thick to
Last time I tried to do a different accent my voice cracked lol
my mom recently found out from her mother about our heritage and were planning a trip to scotland soon! i’ve done a lot more research and there’s so much interesting history i had no idea about. i always try and listen to natives before i travel to their countries so thank you for this video!!
Is it really that difficult to hit the shift key when you type?
@@gabbyhayes1568 i comment on a phone and it’s intentional ;)
Wishing you all the best with your new channel! 😁
Chicagoland native here, I've been enjoying your take on Chicago these past few days. You totally get us! It gladdens me to see folks who grasp just how cool and special Chicago is. 😎 Thanks for visiting! 😍 Do you have any idea how many Chicago suburbs are named after places in Scotland? We have a Glencoe, Bannockburn, Inverness, Elgin... I even grew up within walking distance of a Rob Roy Golf Course ⛳️ (didn't know that was a person until the movie came out).
I'm 14% Scottish, according to a DNA test. During covid doldrums, I also discovered & watched all of Outlander. This, in turn, inspired me to complete the entire Scottish Gaelic [Gàidhlig] course on Duolingo. Hopefully I'll visit those pockets of Gàidhlig speakers one day... for now I've only been in & around Edinburgh-Glasgow-Stirling-Kinross. I'm not related to any famous Scots, far as I know, only a smattering of Donaldsons & Forsyths from the Lowlands. I also have Swedish & Polish ancestry -- I cackle when I think of all my long-lost relatives fighting like hell against one another.
Thanks for creating such an entertaining channel. Best of luck to you! Slàinte mhath!
I worked with a Scottish nurse, and was put straight right away when I said scotch! never again! lol
I do the same thing christine cornish
I just cringed but like it’s a mistake ppl make what u gonna do
btw it was a male nurse, yup I raised his hackles lol @George Job
The only time I'm scotch is on a Friday night.. I'm 50% scotch and 50% vodka.
Scotch comes in bottles.
Funny you say that while wearing a shirt that matches the pattern on a package of "Scotch Tape" LOL (tongue and cheek)
My Great Great Great...Grandfather William Garland came to America on a prison ship from Scotland, he's no Robert the Bruce but we do have documentation. True story and one that I'm proud of.
God bless.
Do you know what landed him on that prison ship?
Sounds like my husband's ancestors! They were deported to America from Scotland, then after the revolutionary war or something they moved up to Canada, lol!
I’m a direct descendent of my grandparents, who came over from Scotland (both sides) during the Great Depression (good timing) and just before WWII. No Kings or Queens, as far as I know.
Thank you for the ammunition to really annoy my Scottish friends.
“Y’all” is actually a Scottish conjunction of “ye all”. The Scots who emigrated to America in the 1600’s and settled in the remote areas in the southern US kept it in use til today. Most people think it’s a lazy Southern‘s elision of “you all”.
I'm not of Scottish ancestry, but one of my best friends is. If you want to know what he looks like just look at a painting of Charles I. Now interestingly his family has their genealogy records going back to the 16th century. In the 1630s one of his many times great-grandmother's was a lady in waiting to the queen of Charles I, who left the court to return to Scotland when she became "with child" out of wedlock. She was also supposed to have been very popular with the king, apparently very, very popular.
I am, in fact, directly related to Nessie. Ancestry.com told me so.
i am Scottish, french Canadian and Puerto Rican. my grandmother is immigrated from Edinburgh on my dad's side; she still has family there and I have cousins however I have never met anyone there. I wish to see the country before she passes on as she is my only link on a major 1/3 of my lineage. she raised me with stories but at 98 years old I fear losing connections when she passes on. I'd love to meet the rest of my surviving family in Scotland. hopefully one day I can visit such a beautiful place
I am directly descended from the subjects of many Scottish kings.
Lies
I'm a direct descendant of my grandparents.
“Thinking you’ll impress us by using Braveheart quotes “ 😂😂
Freedom
Jodi Tartir FREEDDDOOOMMMMMM!
XD
Kind of like reciting the Lucky Charms commercials to the Irish. LOL
Thank you for the video, Shaun. I think the theme I see running through this is that these foreigners want a sense a connection. They love Scotland and Scottish culture and they want it enjoy it - even if they are a bit clumsy about it sometimes.
Irn Bru is fantastic!! 🥰 🇨🇦 best hangover bevvie!!
Speaking as an American....These points made *ME* cringe.
I didn’t not know about the Braveheart quoting. How embarrassing and annoying.
People really quote braveheart trying to impress you? That's very cringy. That's like you coming here and quoting The Patriot or something.
And played by the same actor Mel Gibdon what a "great american". Just saying...
Well he was born American until his father moved the family to Australia.
Love your videos! Californian here and a Gordon. Generations of passed down stories are always fun but when I dug into my family tree it was definitely interesting. Would I walk around Scotland telling people about my famous ancestors? No I would not lol. You should definitely look into your family history though because it can be fun
So I’m ethnically Scottish my surname hasn’t changed in centuries and can be traced back to the border region of Scotland
My great grandfather was an Elliott out of the Edinburgh area. He married a Johnston. Border reiver families, both.
The relation to famous historical figures always kills me 😂 I’m Irish-American with my grandmother actually born in Ireland. She, to this day, insists that we are direct descendants of high king Brian Boru, who was around in like the late 900s. Her surname is O’Brien, but so is, like, half the country 😂😂 as a kid I thought it was the coolest thing ever and when I was little I would go around telling everyone I was an Irish princess (insert major cringe here 🤣). Now as an adult I don’t believe we are direct descendants. Would it be cool? Sure! But there’s no way to prove it and it’s highly improbable. She still loves to tell everyone 🙄 lol
Ashley Booth - Hello cousin! (Clan O’Connor) Erin go bragh!!
Was that king known for fooling around alot? Just trying to think of a reason why the name is so commonplace.
The thing with Geneology is that so many of the European royalty married each other that once you trace back and end up hooked up with one then you are hooked into all the others. And you go back a few hundred years and really it was only royalty (major and minor) who's history was recorded. So it is possible that you could trace back your roots to some sort of royalty.
@@JaneWagman the Plague wiped out so many people that many of the nobles had to marry outside of the noble families at times. Also many of the early colonists to N. America were of the "gentry" class, which meant they were descendants of nobles, but from the 3rd or 4th son who had inherited no title, lands, just a little money, so they became the "middle class." This is especially true of places like Jamestown (and also why so many of them had a hard time in the beginning -- they weren't used to farming or working with their hands as much, but they learned...or got servants to do things for them: either indentured servants or, later, slaves).
I get asked if I am related to Welsh royalty because my main maternal line is Welsh Lewis, but originally was Llewellyn. It comes from not understanding how names used to be done in Wales which was similar to Ireland back in the day, also done in many Norse countries. First name, son or daughter of Father's first name. Like Daffyd ap Llewellyn for example. Thanks to the English conquerors, first name last name later became the norm. This also happened to a lesser extent in England in names like Johnson, Thompson, and Jackson that later became real last names. My son's father's family was originally O'Brannan and they dropped the O when they moved to the US.
Hearing you talk about Irn Bru made me think of you trying root beer. So I relate to the bubble gum irritation. That's how I feel when people say root beer tastes like medicine. 😉
Oh wow, my mom hates root beer and Dr Pepper! Both apparently taste like cough syrup and NOT drinking these is a big no no in TX
My friends from Mexico day the same thing about root beer. I really don't get it. Shaun should try sarsaparilla. That would give some real perspective.
I'd probably like Irn Bru...but I'd kill for a real Guinness.
@@sarahscadden2580 : Real informative would be Sasparilla, and two or three brands of root beer all on the same table. I've noticed that Mugs, A&W, and Barqs don't actually quite taste the same.
Actually, root beer originally was used for medicinal purposes. lol
From what you're saying, the Brits managed to stomp out the desire for family and ancestral pride
Scottish people are British.
@@Aledharris a lot of Scottish people are offended by being called British, fyi. They are two different countries basically separated by the river Tweed. Of course....if you're TRYING to offend them, then yeah, tell them they are British.
@@lauriejones4507 They are British. Offended or not. Britain is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It’s not offensive.
@Grass Roots Yeah. England did. Scottish people are British. I’m Welsh, (well my family are at least) and I know what the English did in Wales too.
I was really surprised around St. Paddy’s day when so many Americans feel the need to tell the world they are Scottish (for some reason)- yet they don’t know the difference between England and Britain.
@Grass Roots The oppression of Wales Scotland and Ireland was still around in living memory. My grandma was beaten if she tried to speak Welsh in school. And of course “not all English” those who made the rules bear most, if not all, of the responsibility. Same as today. Don’t think any of this is relevant to saying Scottish people are British and I don’t really need a history lesson about my own country haha
Shaun, what a chuckle! In regards to calling Scottish people Scotch, I believe I have found a reason. It is what is called by my Speech professor many years ago, as 'Lazy Tongue'. That occurs when a person doesn't enunciate a word properly, but slurs the word ending. They easy way I found to correct it is to place a pencil between the teeth and practice saying the word. I learned that when I was a radio announcer (preseenter). Have a good week.
I can feel for #5. The movie Fargo (now show) really made living in Minnesota interesting. I just tell people we don't put that many people in wood chippers.
You mean over an extended period of time, or simultaneously?
😊😊😊
Same. I'm in the cities, but I totally have the hockey mom accent. Part of my job means calling all over the US and the funny part is when I call somewhere in MN and I just think, damn. We do sound like that! Lol
@Scott Whatever To be fair, MST3K was staffed by Minnesotan natives and did the exact same thing in skits.
sweetiebird 54 Sorry Sweetie, I can spot Wisconsin and Minnesota from a mile away. 😂 It’s all in fun. My stereotype is that we, in California, don’t have accents. I know, I know. It’s said we have a nasal sound. That must sound pretty unpleasant to you outsiders.
@Commentator I get it. I am a native Fargoan and still live in Fargo.
The Irn Bru recipe change reminds me of what Coca-Cola did back in the 90s with COKE and Coca-Cola Classic. Everyone hated the COKE.
What do you mean New Coke failed, it's right here on the can... who swapped out my New Coke?!?
Yep, coke learned its lesson about messing with their formula, and so did Pepsi
@@dawntown7817 It's become a conspiracy theory. Shortly after they realized their mistake and switched back, some folks started the rumor that it was all planned to take back First Place in the Cola War from Pepsi.
Then there was a disgruntled Coke employee who stole the "Secret Formula™" and tried to sell it to Pepsi. PepsiCo. called the cops and when he arrived with the stolen formula he was arrested. It seems that both companies have competent chemists and know exactly what their rival's formula is. They also cooperate in squashing sabotage as a matter of self-interest.
New Coke sucked so trying to sell the formula wasn't going to help, no one wanted to drink it. May Irn Bru pull their heads outta their orifices and switch back.
Funny, I was going to mention this very thing☺️
I love your brogue...especially when you say Edinburgh....so sexy! You sounded more Scottish in this video than others I have seen. Love it!
This dialogue cracks me up. I am so glad you informed my fellow Americans on this list. I apologize for my insensitive comrades. I hope they get it now. All in good fun.
i'm a direct descendant of groundskeeper willie
Hi Shaun. As to Gaelic speaking, massive Runrig fan here and so appreciate their efforts to retain the language. If you've sung their version of Loch Lomond- betting you have, there's Gaelic in it. Their videos and songs really show the beauty of the highland language and culture. Spend every night with them and with you- the old and the new.
Loch Lomand was a song we learned here in New England in grammar school in the '60s. I'm pretty sure there are quite a few songs they don't sing anymore, but I hope that's not one of them. Its lovely.
So nice to hear from a Runrig fan, I used to love Donnie McLeod's voice. Another member of the group, Pete Somebody was for a number of years a Scottish National Member of Parliament (at Westminster). His specialist subjects were Scotland and music, the record industry. Makes sense.
PS. Everyone in Britain learns Loch Lomond. I'm English and I certainly did at school.
My family came to America from a Scottish POW in the 17th century before America became a country. From my direct line I can trace back to Jim Bowie, inventor of the Bowie knife, and died in the Alimo. I am also able to trace back to an ancestor that inherited from famous John Smith. I can not go any further than ancestors that already came to America.