I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60).
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross It's up to you.
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@graydon "But you see, I *AM* The Great McPagliacci!"
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross @amiserabilist Please weigh in on Scottishness
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@cstross
No true Scotsman (fallacy)@EverBeyondReach @cstross I'll be mildly disappointed if this poll is not a setup for this joke
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross Owning a kilt is a strong sign.
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross I had been living in Scotland for about four hours before my neighbour declared me Scottish. He's born and bred here so I trust his judgement on that.
Also, this place feels like home. -
I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
Man, I ain't qualified to determine that. All my ancestors from that island came out here maybe 150-200 years ago. You do you.
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross
While not by parentage, you are scot by adoption.
You failed to state whether you are also scot by absorption. -
I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross If you'd lived in Oz over half your life and drank VB, I'd say you were an Aussie. I'd also wonder why you drank that instead of something better. Anything better.
So yes, you're Scottish.
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@graydon "But you see, I *AM* The Great McPagliacci!"
@cstross Consensus of the matrons, then?
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
I believe in civic nationalism but not consumer nationalism. I think probably yes, but not because of the facts here listed. @cstross
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross but can you trace your ancestry back to the first people who walked into Scotland?
Alternatively: you're not really Scottish unless your whakapapa includes Neanderthals.
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross My (English) nan would throw a fit when my aunt (who has lived on Anglesey since the 1960s) called herself Welsh. I can't recall any of her Welsh friends complaining.
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@cstross It's up to you.
@cstross To clarify: this isn't a case of, "Anyone can be Scottish if they dream in tartan often enough." I believe people who live here and contribute to the common weal, or have been brought up here, are Scottish. But I don't think we'd impose that on someone who didn't want it and felt a stronger sense of belonging to somewhere else. So you get to choose.
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross the poll is configured to allow multiple options to be selected, so I guess you exist in a superposition.
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross "in what context is the question being asked"
I mean I don't believe in an abstract Scottishness
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross I lived in Scotland for only 9 years, but this included half my Primary and all my Secondary education, and both parents had Scottish ancestors, so I count myself as at least part Scottish.
Also I have a fèileadh-mòr. -
I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
No True Scotsman would ask such a question.
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I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60). Also, I own a kilt and drink single malts.
Am I Scottish?
@cstross I was not born in Scotland, own *two* kilts, drink single malts, and lived in Scotland for over 0.056% of my life! I will also abide by the results of this poll.
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@cstross the poll is configured to allow multiple options to be selected, so I guess you exist in a superposition.
@iampytest1 @cstross Cannae be a Scotsman then because they cannae change the laws o' physics!
