I'm afraid to tell people I'm part Scottish because people have the stereotypical Scotsman in their head with a kilt and bagpipes, and I honestly don't want people think I wear kilts. I'm part Irish also, and I have told many people I'm part Irish.
2007-02-27 07:20:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Yes, be very proud of what you are. Besides, what's wrong with kilts? I think they are very handsome!
2007-02-27 07:24:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Irish guys wear orange kilts, or have you never seen them? I think you are doing a really good job of stereotyping Scotsmen yourself. I'm Scottish & the last time I wore a kilt was at my brother's wedding 3 & a half years ago. We don't wear the kilt all the time & hardly any of us can play bagpipes either (LOL)! So, I think your issue with being part Scottish has maybe another reason perhaps?
:)
You shouldn't call yourself "Proud Celt" also if you are going to deny a large part of your Celtic heritage. BTW - my great great grandparents on my mother's mother's side were Irish (a lot of Scottish people can safely say they have some sort of Irish connection). I was born in Scotland, I am Scottish, I have no longing to visit Ireland, not because I am trying to deny any part of my heritage, just because i've never had the feeling to go there.
2007-02-27 15:26:15 · answer #2 · answered by Jock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for the positive attributes that are associated with being Scottish. You should never be ashamed of what you are. There are stereotypes for every ethnic background that you can name, positive and negative. And what's wrong with Kilts? I think they're sexy!
2007-02-27 15:27:55 · answer #3 · answered by sustasue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should you proud to be Scottish ???
The average Englishman in the home he call his castle slips into his national costume, a shabby raincoat, patented by Chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland.
En-route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland.
He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop, Veterinary Surgeon of Dreghorn, Scotland.
At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by John Chalmers, Bookseller and Printer of Dundee, Scotland.
During the day he uses the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Blacksmith of Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
He watches the news on television, an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland, and hears an item about the U.S. Navy founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.
Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.
He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible, only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot, King James VI, who authorized its translation.
He could take to drink but the Scots make the best in the world.
He could take a rifle and end it all, but the breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.
If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating table injected with penicillin, discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland, and given chloroform, an anesthetic discovered by Sir James Young Simpson, Obstetrician and Gynecologist of Bathgate, Scotland.
Out of the anesthetic he would find no comfort in learning that he was as safe as the Bank of England founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.
Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask:
"Wha's Like Us?"
And what's wrong with wearing a kilt (note...it's KILT, not kilts). I wear one and play the pipes and damn proud of it.
2007-02-28 11:34:29 · answer #4 · answered by ironbrew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't be afraid of being scottish. if i was afraid of saying i'm german it be because people would think i'm a jew killing person, but no be proud of who you are. God made the way he wants you.
2007-02-27 15:24:20 · answer #5 · answered by maez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be proud of your heritage. So who cares what people say...ignore them.
2007-02-27 15:24:22 · answer #6 · answered by AmandaHugNKiss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HAHAHA its funny how you scared of being judged but you happy to judge others! you should be proud of you heritage/nationality just as i am!
IM ENGLISH AND PROUD!
2007-03-02 10:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by crazyBaby69 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not after that performance against Italy.
Mind you, I'm a fine one to talk.
2007-02-27 15:27:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be proud... I'm French and live in America...
2007-02-27 15:32:47 · answer #9 · answered by Freq, Grandparent of Y!A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always be proud of who you are. Also, above all, learn to laugh at yourself.
2007-02-27 15:25:09 · answer #10 · answered by thankamy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋