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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@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!
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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 What percentage of your blood is Irn Bru right now?
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