Though I am not Scotts, my mother is & that makes me 1/2 Scotts. One day I hope to make it out there. In the mean time I reside in Southern California, USA.
If you think you can hold me down I beg to differ If you think you can twist my words I'll sing forever
Tha gach uile dhuine air a bhreth saor agus co-ionnan ann an urram 's ann an còirichean. Tha iad air am breth le reusan is le cogais agus mar sin bu chòir dhaibh a bhith beò nam measg fhein ann an spiorad bràthaireil
If you think you can hold me down I beg to differ If you think you can twist my words I'll sing forever
Teuchter is a Scots word used colloquially to refer to rural Scots by urban Scots. It is particularly applied to those from the North or North-east of Scotland.
are there actually any scots on this board, i am in langside battlefield,glasgow. ill eve talk to teuchters here
You'll find many members with a wee bit of scottish blood in them, but probably most of us are from the states and Canada. My ancestors came from Peebleshire in 1806, went to Ontario, Canada where they had eleven children. Although I still have family there, my family moved to the states in 1952.
My father is from Paisley, where Glasgow Airport is. Though I now live in my mother's native home Swansea, South Wales with her. For a while, I lived in Edinburgh, then Dumbarton, then Paisley.
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Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i´m gwlad Tra môr yn fur I'r bur hoff bau O bydded i´r heniaith barhau
Hello Iain! What you consider Scots (from Scotland) and what Americans consider Scots are two different things. You are a true Scotsman if you are from Scotland. The rest of us here in the states are American with only Scottish ancestry. However, we Americans all grew up stating what our nationality is and identified ourselves as such to one another. So very hard for Europeans to understand this mentality, but that is how we live here in this country. It is a given that we are Americans first. But we always state what our nationality is to others here in the states as people always ask and we always give them a reply of whatever our bloodlines may be. Hope that helps.
Hey there, Iain! Great to hear from you! It has been a long while. How the heck are you?.
You know? You didn't even ask the question to my so-called "American definition," so I didn't mean to single you out. I was just basically making a general comment to you real Scots who might wonder why most us Americans refer to ourselves as such, when it was our ancestors who were actually born there!
I am well , just not been visiting forums for the last few months as often as I used to.
(And you might want to look in the International Forum on this site - the New Zealand section, which you opened a couple of years ago). You finally have a reply
Hey Iain. I, too, am not on the message boards as often as I used to be. I miss everyone, but I just have other things going on now.
I have a reply in the New Zealand thread?! Oh my! I must check that out. Thanks for telling me! Talk to you soon and glad to hear you are doing well. \