The run ins with they types I’ve had, as well as nearly everyone I know has had
I’m surprised nobody has put all the stories together with little caricatures and created a book “Our distant distant Yank cousins”
I’m deeply hurt. /s
I’ll probably come off as ego-centric for this, but I kind of have to ask, where might I stand on this?
I’m literally half-Scottish, half-American. As in, my mother is from New York, and my father was born and raised in South Lanarkshire. I am very close with all of my family who actually live in Scotland, and because I speak in a Scottish accent, I ususally tell people I’m Scottish just to keep things simple. Comparee this to my American side, which I have a habit of actively distancing myself from, for personal as well as political reasons.
But I did not grow up in Scotland, and I haven’t spent more than a few months in the country at a time. I intend on going to University there, but that’s about a year away at this point. I was born in Argentina, and to make matters worse, I did actually grow up in any single place. Due to being raised by international English teachers, I haven’t lived in a single country for more than six years in my entire life.
Like I said, ***I*** consider myself Scottish. Not to the same extent as any of my family who were actually born and raised there, but to enough of an extent that it’s the first answer I give if I don’t feel like telling my whole life story. But, to the people of this server, is it fair to consider myself Scottish? And, if not, where should I consider myself to be from?
As a black American living here… You guys are really obsessed with this discussion. It’s equally weird on both parts.
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The run ins with they types I’ve had, as well as nearly everyone I know has had
I’m surprised nobody has put all the stories together with little caricatures and created a book “Our distant distant Yank cousins”
I’m deeply hurt. /s
I’ll probably come off as ego-centric for this, but I kind of have to ask, where might I stand on this?
I’m literally half-Scottish, half-American. As in, my mother is from New York, and my father was born and raised in South Lanarkshire. I am very close with all of my family who actually live in Scotland, and because I speak in a Scottish accent, I ususally tell people I’m Scottish just to keep things simple. Comparee this to my American side, which I have a habit of actively distancing myself from, for personal as well as political reasons.
But I did not grow up in Scotland, and I haven’t spent more than a few months in the country at a time. I intend on going to University there, but that’s about a year away at this point. I was born in Argentina, and to make matters worse, I did actually grow up in any single place. Due to being raised by international English teachers, I haven’t lived in a single country for more than six years in my entire life.
Like I said, ***I*** consider myself Scottish. Not to the same extent as any of my family who were actually born and raised there, but to enough of an extent that it’s the first answer I give if I don’t feel like telling my whole life story. But, to the people of this server, is it fair to consider myself Scottish? And, if not, where should I consider myself to be from?
As a black American living here… You guys are really obsessed with this discussion. It’s equally weird on both parts.