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We Slovenians are even better misers than you Scottish. You know how Scotland began? One of us Slovenians was spending too much money, so we put him on a boat and he landed in Scotland.

~ Slavoj Žižek

Slavoj Žižek Humour Misers Money Scotland Scots Slovenians

Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather dislike us as a nation and people, as friends of mine have found out by being on the edge of conversations where Americans assumed no Englishmen were listening.And it is the English, specifically, who are the targets of this. Few Americans have heard of Wales. All of them have heard of Ireland and many of them think they are Irish. Scotland gets a sort of free pass, especially since Braveheart re-established the Scots' anti-English credentials among the ignorant millions who get their history off the TV.

~ Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens Accents Americans Anti British Sentiment Braveheart Britons Eavesdropping History International Relations Ireland Irish Paranoia Princess Diana Scotland Scots Television Uk Us Relations United Kingdom United States Wales

The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense of narrative drive that is essential to the modern novel, screenplay and even non-fiction.

~ Sara Sheridan

Sara Sheridan Culture English Gaelic Language Modern Narrative Non Fiction Novel Oral Storytelling Scots Screenplay Stories Storytelling

Though the continued march of intellect and education have nearly obliterated from the mind of the Scots a belief in the marvelous, still a love of the supernatural lingers among the more mountainous districts of the northern kingdom; for 'the Schoolmaster' finds it no easy task, even when aided by all the light of science, to uproot the prejudices of more than two thousand years. (The Phantom Regiment)

~ James Grant

James Grant Scotland Scots Scotsman Scottish Supernatural Superstition

Golf: A plague invented by the Calvinistic Scots as a punishment for man's sins.

~ James Barrett Reston

James Barrett Reston Golf Scots Sports

Logan lowers his head close to mine. 'Just know this, Ivy Calhhoun,' he begins. 'If I werena a ghost I would open all door for you, properly.

~ Cindy Miles

Cindy Miles Castle Forbidden Ghost Haunted Ivy Logan Love Romance Scotland Scots Scottish Teen
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