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  3. I was not born in Scotland, but I have now lived in Scotland for more than half my life (and I am over 60).

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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  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

    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?

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    @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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    • Sam :moomin_hattifatteners:R Sam :moomin_hattifatteners:

      @cstross It's up to you.

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      @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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      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

        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?

        iam-py-test :unverified:I This user is from outside of this forum
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        @cstross the poll is configured to allow multiple options to be selected, so I guess you exist in a superposition.

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        • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

          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?

          that ordinal personO This user is from outside of this forum
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          @cstross "in what context is the question being asked"

          I mean I don't believe in an abstract Scottishness

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          • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

            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?

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            @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.

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            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

              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?

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              @cstross

              No True Scotsman would ask such a question.

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              • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                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?

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                @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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                • iam-py-test :unverified:I iam-py-test :unverified:

                  @cstross the poll is configured to allow multiple options to be selected, so I guess you exist in a superposition.

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                  @iampytest1 @cstross Cannae be a Scotsman then because they cannae change the laws o' physics!

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                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                    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?

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

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                    • G gbsills

                      @cstross Before I vote, do you eat haggis?

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                      @gbsills @cstross Oh man when I got to Scotland the first three meals I ate included haggis and I just kept going back for more.

                      Where I'm from we have something, eh, *thematically?* similar called scrapple and I love it.

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