You think you're from Scotland when...

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A sometimes silly, sometimes whimsical and nostalgic look at my adopted home country. Even though I don't live there anymore, I still consider it the place I call "home".
Just some artwork I found here on DA, interspersed with comments about what it means to be Scottish. If you find yourself smiling and nodding at those, you've probably spent some time there yourself :D

You know you're from Scotland when....

T in the Park is, in your opinion, the best summer music festival.
You love Irn-Bru and can't understand people that say it's sickly sweet fizz with bright artificial colouring. It's also the best hangover cure you believe.
T In The Park.... by Renza  :thumb119038656:
"Scattered showers with outbreaks of sunshine and a cold northerly wind" is good weather! A sunny day with temp of 13c is time to wear shorts, skimpy clothes and have a BBQ!
:thumb106034278: Balance of opposites by SwampMist:thumb35902068::thumb117162114:
The only sausage you like is "square".
You call New Year's Eve "Hogmanay" and don't seem to think 2 days national holiday is long enough to recover from the partying!
Hogmanay in Edinburgh 2 by piyadassi:thumb75115215:
Haggis is a tasty national dish not a glorified sheep's stomach filled with random minced organs and oats. Sean Connery was the best James Bond.
First Haggis by HerrDrayer:thumb112210158:
You know curling and shinty are sports not birds.
High Guard by welkinhawk shinty stick by Ayodele
You know a wide vocabulary of random Scottish words - an idiot is "a numpty". "Aye"- yes. "Aye Right"-not likely. "Atspish"- that's not good. "Auldjin"- someone over 40. "Baltic"-freezing. "bawbag"-useless person. "Hoaching" - full (as in a room)."Dry Boak"-sickened. etc.
:thumb112958471: The Bodhran Player by maurylorraine
You know what a Ceilidh is and how to pronounce it properly! You know how to strip the willow and do the Gay Gordons! Guaranteed floor fillers at weddings, grad balls, etc. Up there with the tango as a celebrated dance. Sweatier and more violent than the jive, but maybe not as sexy as Cuban salsa.
You casually tell foreign friends that if it wasn't for the Scots there would be no telly, penicillin, golf, fax machines, telephones, steam engine, insulin, radar, bicycles, The Chilean Navy, Bank of England, raincoats, cloned sheep, whisky, postage stamps, refrigerators etc.
SCOTLAND FOOTBALL SUPPORTER by Fiddlesticks311:thumb43086893:
You have an enormous feeling of dread whenever the Scotland national football team play a "diddy" team that we will lose.
You know that Scotland will never actually win the football World Cup, but keep partying anyway!
:thumb38915940: The Mighty Haggis by blood-stained-hands The Haggis by Odin-Lionheart
People ask you if the Loch Ness Monster exists or haggis is an animal and you try to spread the myth further by stating it's true.  Also You can keep a straight face when explaining about a haggis having its left legs shorter than its right and you can catch them by making them run the wrong way round a hill!
Ye Olde Pub cat by ArwensGrace
You can quite happily spend a whole day in the pub!
You are in the USA and are constantly told "I love your accent, it's so....sexy!"
Scottish Beauty 4 by Hamrani Scottish Sunset by DaisyBisley
There are no lakes, only lochs. (well...apart from Lake of Menteith)
Castles are no big deal and you are oddly fascinated by how excited tourists get talking about them.
Eilean Donan by Simon-P Dunnottar-1 by woops
You can't resist while drunk putting a traffic cone on any statue you are able to clamber up.
Wellington Statue in Glasgow by Vhazza Scotsman by lostknightkg
The sound of the pipes puts a wee spring in your step (and a wee tear in your eye).
Highland Coo by 00123 highland cow by connor-barnes
You don't see ordinary coos in the field, you see Heelan coos. Yep they are the 70's rock stars of the cattle world, available in 11 shades of orange. Extras include Harley Davidson handlebar horns!
Pride Of Scotland by woops Flower of Scotland by firewizard
You have "Flower of Scotland" on your iPod.


You sit and read long lists about what it's like to be Scottish and actually enjoy it. You laugh at all the silly things we Scots do. ;)

By the way, if you have any more suggestions, put them in the comments. I'd love to hear more of those!
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Northman242's avatar
Scotland is perhaps one of my favourite countries! Beautiful landscapes! Fantastic Scotch Whiskey! A rich history as well!