Are the Scots more English than the English?

Question

On a recent trip to "Scotchland" I bought a book on Scottish History and was amazed to read that the Lowlands of Scotland (Including Edinburgh) were actually Anglo-Saxon Strongholds, not a Celt to be seen!! (The Scandinavians ran the Western Isles, leaving the Celts with the Highlands).
As the population of England has swelled with far more immigrants than Scotland, since Anglo-Saxon times, would the Genetic stock of Scotland be more English than the English?

In this context English being "Angle" derived. Since this is the base of the English language. (with Frenchy bits added later).

And the word England being derived from "land of the Angles"

Answer 1

Scotland, along with the rest of the British Isles, has been populated by invaders for millennia. Ethnic origin does not make much sense. For exampe, I was born in England, of a Scots father and an Irish mother, but my Irish side includes my great-grandmother, who was Jewish. What am I? English, Scots, Irish, mixed race or British Celt? And what do I do about the Jewish bit?

Essentially, 'Scottishness', 'Englishism' or whatever other term you wish to invent, is a measure of culture, not racial purity. The Scot is a mixture of Celt, Pict and Norseman. The Irish have Celtic, Norman, Welsh and Saxon blood. The English have Norse, Norman and Celtid and Saxon forbears. South East Wales is pleasantly Welsh, but friendly to outsiders. North Wales has a huge chip on its shoulders. (As a person of Celtic stock, but with an English accent, I resent the attempt of the North Welsh to ostracise me when I was in Penmanmawer. I spoke Irish to get me out of the scrape, but next time, it will be fists).

As far as anywhere in the UK is concerned, we have so many immigrants that the question becomes spurious. It is not a bad thing. We can experience cultures in our lands from all over the world, and, as these cultures become asimmilated, we British will benefit. I will give you proof below, bear in mind I am a chef.

Dinners cooked last week

Monday. Haggis, with turnips (neeps) and potatoes (tatties).

Tuesday. Chicken Kotagiri ( a curry of Kashmiri/Persian influence)#

Wednesday. Onion Pulao. A Sikh dish using lighttly fried cumin seeds, coriander, cloves and chopped chillies.

Thursday. Cottage pie. As English as it gets, except for the addition of the fine English ingredient of Worcetersire sauce, that contains tamarinds...... As does HP (Essentially British)

Have I made my point?

Answer 2

Not really because the english are more norman than anglo saxon so Scotland is more germanic than england. Or if you go back far enough you could say that the britons who were beaten by the saxons retreated to wales so actually the welsh are the most english of all !

Answer 3

The first known maritime record of England Wales Scotland was recorded in Italian and the entire land was called Albion .

there is no such thing as an Irish American or a Spanish Jew or a Germanic English or any of the other of the stupid distinctions people make .

we are all native of our surroundings regardless of caste colour or creed , we must to survive .

take a man from the worlds hottest country and put him with Eskimos , he either becomes an Eskimo or dies .

Answer 4

Quite possibly and as the English Parliament is dominated by Scots seems true enough. Robert the Bruce was Anglo-Norman - strange. When you have a look at the Hebrides you find that they are of Viking Stock and the Vikings seem to have been in Ireland and most of England as well. The Normans were, themselves, Viking.

I hear they have a gay old time in Scotchland what with kilts and that.

Answer 5

I don't think I would mention any of this to any Scottish people you meet in the flesh.
The very thought that they might be English in any way is abhorrent to a true Scot.
In fact the only thing wrong with Scotland is the neighbours.

Answer 6

I think if you study the history of the UK you will find most of the population is descended from Viking Romans Normans and other assorted raiders

Answer 7

Where is Scotchland, would that be a land of whiskey I wonder. No were not more English than the english. What a question? This is gonna stir up a nest of wasps.

Answer 8

Obviously an Englishman with serious identity problems but dont they all.

Answer 9

i think if you study the history of Answers you'll
find you are not in it

Answer 10

Doesn't matter anymore as we are now all British anyway.

As well as being European too, of course :-)