Actually there were many people in areas colonised by the vikings who spoke Norn the language from which modern scandinavian languages are derived. In fact there was still someone able to speak it until the middle of the 20th century in one of the remote islands of Shetland. Although from a modern perspective i agree with you. Some interesting points being brought up though as a result of this. We can all always learn.
The unicorn symbolised purity and innocence, it also stood for masculinity, power and courage. It was such a free, wild animal that it had to be chained, only a virgin maiden could tame it. It would choose to die rather than be taken alive. The unicorn was the enemy of the lion, the lion is the national animal of England.
Ahhhh I see. That’s a pretty solid reason to make it the national animal. Thanks for sharing that. I know I could have googled it, but where’s the fun in that.🤷🏽♂️
Footnote. Scotland is also geographically the ONLY place in the world where it can survive, along with the haggis or hagi. It also rains a lot, but we harness that rain in the form of whiskey, which comes in handy when chasing haggis around the Highlands of Scotland bareback on our unicorns 🦄
Legends tell us that the only animal that can defeat the lion (England’s national animal) is the unicorn. It’s also a symbol of purity, innocence and power in Celtic mythology.
What is the most common language lol. Where I live in Edinburgh it's almost Polish. It's only gibberish with the accent and the colloquiums though. Fucking bagpipes...
@@Silverbeardedsurfer we hae some polish people on ma street. theyve completely ignored corona an had parties since march. theyve had far tae many people visitin them an am so shocked that they aint caught corona yet 😂 oh yeah also theres a polish guy in ma bros year at school 😂
@@WiredCountDuckula There are famous Scots all through history in unexpected places. It is actually kind of mental. Check it out. One just popped up in the sacking of Constantinople in a documentary I was watching recently.
Yeh I've watched videos of Americans who couldn't find America on the map, so I'm pretty impressed by this. Thought some of them might be familiar with Scotland because of Outlander but doesn't seem so from this selection.
@Star Star Gaelic, sadly no, it's very much a minority language now, although it is beginning to interest more people . It was a forbidden language for many years here.
@Star Star There's also Scots, which is a separate indigenous language which a lot of people speak, though there's a desire to keep Gaelic alive as it is a dying language (I'm Scottish)
It’s a unicorn as it is the only animal can could defeat the lion (the English national animal) in other words it meant that Scotland was superior over England as in those day they would battle
The American Declaration of Independence was based on a document called the Declaration of Arbroath, fun fact, more than half of the signatories of your Declaration were either Scottish by birth or by decent, the Arbroath document stated that any King who came to power could be removed by force if necessary if they did not rule the country for the good of the people, the declaration was signed on 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII
Television, telephone, penicillin, MRI scanner, refrigerator, toaster, contact lenses, ATMs, colour photographs, the flushing toilets, hypodermic syringe, fingerprinting, steam engine, pneumatic tyre, aircraft design, golf, radar technology, bicycles, grand theft auto the game - *all invented in our glorious Scotland or by a scotsman* . Can't speak danish though..
@@bryan116 Steam engine was newcome flushing toilet was John Harrington Bicycle was some German guy But bye in large spot on ,great inventions By wonderful people from a beautiful country 👍😁
From a Scottish person - overall you guys done pretty well, I didn't think ANYONE would get the unicorn question. The flag question was interesting. And aye, thanks for the overall response from USA. ❤🏴🇺🇸
I was thinking the same thing as well. Pretty much the whole world has seen the UK flag, so you'd think it would be easy to spot the Scottish flag here lol
SCOTLAND CAME OUT WELL! PLEASE EXPLAIN!! St ANDREW PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND! SHARES THIS WITH GREECE AND RUSSIA! A SEPARATE AND MUCH OLDER COUNTRY THAN ENGLAND!!
That was enjoyable!! I’m from Glasgow, and, spent time travelling USA, and, definitely the accent made an impression, I enjoyed my times there thoroughly
Born and raised in America, but I'm ethnically Scottish. I thought the questions were too easy. I probably know more about Scotland than most American History College professors. I learned as a young teen that I am Scottish right around the same time Braveheart came out, and I have been learning everything I can about Scotland's history ever since.
Did you learn that the braveheart film is hated by Scots, and wildly inaccurate as well as being filmed in Ireland the only thing it shares with Scottish culture is Mel Gibson sure he's an aussie but he's also an alcoholic racist and that's scottish in my book
Awww, feeling the love! Thanks lovely American people. You are all welcome to come visit any time (but maybe wait until this craziness is over!) - we love visitors. Really impressed by how much they all knew about our wee patch of this planet. Xxx
Naw. Watch it again. Her wee pal copies all her answers. And when she says danish too she turns her head and smothers a laugh. She was taking the piss out her copying pal
As someone who is Scottish, also want to just say, anyone from anywhere, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME IN SCOTLAND! please come visit, enjoy this lovely little country, we'll be as lovely as possible! (We have bad days too) can't wait to meet you all
PEACEFUL,NEVER CONQUERED! NO AMBITION TO CONQUER ANY COUNTRY, IN CONFLICTS! USED AS CANNON FODDER BY ENGLISH!. RESOURCES OIL, WHISKY, AND INVENTIONS ALL STOLEN, ALONG WITH OUR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND OUR NAME
Maybe my expectations are too low but I thought they did pretty good. Pronunciation will always be an issue with most foreign people but that’s to be expected. Really well put together video btw. Love from Aberdeen, Scotland.
Hello Matthew from Aberdeen! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching. Yea I was on the same page as you when it came to how much people would know. They did better than I thought they would and I am pretty happy with that!
When the girl said it’s English but sounds like gibberish is honestly so true 🤣 the amount of times I have to repeat my self to anyone that’s not Scottish is mind blowing just because we speak too fast🤣
Nice wee video, all pleasant people with a positive impression of Scotland and the Scots. And aye, when you think of the influence Scottish have had over the world and over the years - not bad for a wee country of a few million folk.
A lot of Americans are. A lot of English too it seems. Apparently even I qualify for the Scottish national team, they said they would have me too if I took up playing football. They are just that desperate.
I’m Scottish and quite impressed with how well they done. Have met a few Americans who didn’t have a clue about us until they came for a visit. Visitors are always welcome ☺️ and we won’t take offence if you ask us to slow down when talking 😂
@@stuclark4182 If you look carefully, you can see that she is taking the piss from her friend who keeps copying her answers. Look for the sly little smile in that section.
Indeed. But they did more than Ok. But Scotland is a GREAT country and Scottish are some of the best folks on the planet. So you people are quite famous. :)
Nice video, kudos for generally getting the answers right, it makes a change from the videos where they try to embarrass people on their lack of knowledge. Also appreciated you pronouncing Edinburgh and Glasgow properly. All the best, from Aberdeen!
The guy who answered soccer/football must be a true soccer fan himself . I admire genuine American soccer fans since their is so many other sports pushed in their face yet they choose to appreciate the beautiful game The swan club the guy in white top referred to is Swansea city from Swansea in Wales
As a Scottish guy I laughed so much at the pronunciations of how they said our cities! Slightly offensive when they said we talk gibberish. Scotland has so many different dialects just like the USA. We aren’t one accent. There are many many accents. I’m from the central belt of Scotland, Glasgow. But I live in the capital now, Edinburgh. Scotland is an amazing country. Progressive, forward thinking and beautiful. Proud to be Scottish 🏴🏳️🌈❤️🏴
Don’t be offended. While some Scottish people are hard to understand, most aren’t. I know a lot of Americans and English folk that speak gibberish too. I happen to love what I know about Scotland - a progressive forward thinking country as you say, steeped in ancient Celtic culture. Really cool. I’ve met a few Scottish people in my travels abroad and have always gotten on well with them. I hope to get there within the next few years. By the way, more than half of America is also progressive, forward thinking and beautiful too. The problem is the rest is not. It’s a struggle.
@@johnf-americanreacts1287I'd say less than half are progressive going by the amount of votes for the Mango Messiah in the recent presidential election.
“English but it sounds like gibberish” I'll tell yae wit you sound lit tae me but yae widnae hiv a dan-doo wit ah wis oan aboot. My spellchecker just had a seizure.
This is from the murder capital of America too! 26 people were shot this weekend alone here in Chicago. Theyre in the loop and this was obviously filmed pre-covid and pre-riots but that beautiful downtown area this summer looked like Syria. Cop cars were set on fire, looting and riots, the city was on fire. We have had most of it repaired now but it was complete Anarchy a few months ago.
Count Vanderhosen the world is extremely hateful of Americans for no reason, and America has never had a history of anti-Europeanism or extreme xenophobia. To this day, opinion polling shows American opinions of its allies are majority positive, opinion polling of America from its allies is majority negative. Any imputations of arrogance or bad character thrown at Americans is really projection stemming from insecurity of American cultural dominance. I mean, compare the “what do Americans think of” videos to the “what do ____ think of America” videos - the Americans are almost always emphatically more complimentary and positive, the foreigners are almost always negative and insulting - even the “positives” of America that they list, if they force themselves to name any, are always backhanded and condescending.
@@decrox13 I agree with this 100%. When I travel or on social media, I generally try to have a positive outlook on other countries and see soooo much rudeness directed to the our country here. It’s really sad to see. My husband and I are trying to teach our children about the world, but almost scared to take them traveling abroad because of all the hate I see displayed towards us.
I have been studying Scotland for about a year now and I thought the Americans did a better job than I thought they would. Only one I got wrong was the unicorn. I love you videos, glad you started posting again, keep it up. I will be visiting Scotland in 2022(fingers crossed).
Thanks for watching it Chantel! I agree, they did a lot better than I thought they would. If you had asked me these questions before my trip there, I wouldn’t have done so well. But they did pretty good! Yea I hope you do get the chance to visit there, it’s an awesome place. 👍🏽
Really glad you had a good time visiting buddy and thanks for taking the time to do a bit of learning about the local culture. ugh, "Scotch is a drink" was like a knife to the heart and hearing Edinborrow so many times... Southern ireland, that's opening up a can of worms and unicorns feature very heavily in celtic mythology. Fun fact, the 2011 Scottish Census found that more than 150 languages other than English are used in Scottish homes. Christianity and the christian god was forced on Scotland through colonisation and invasion.
@@VampiraVonGhoulscout same and I think that's due to a few factors like a generational shift to understanding the values preached and the actions taken are often contradictory as well as a better education on world politics and history. Interestingly 53% of people in the last census identified as being of some christian denomination, no religion at 36% and Muslim at 1.4% so I'll be really curious to see how the next census goes. wish we did them more often because they're a data gold mine.
@@Davefacestation Even the ones I know who do identify as being some form of Christian aren't really practicing. I think they were just raised that way but don't go to church or that.
@@VampiraVonGhoulscout oh yeah my family had a huge stigma about never telling anyone you're not Christian, do what you want behind closed doors but everyone outside must believe you're Christian but they had major public appearance issues.
Gàidhlig, Scots, Doric, and English. However, I would like to argue that atleast in my area we grew up thinking Scots was normal Englsih for quite a bit. Like it blows my mind that Non-Scottish folks can't read Scots. I think the only people that don't speak Scots atleast most of the time would be people from posher areas? Not sure. Grew up thinking it was a dialect but upon realising that it confused so many people it may as well be a language hehe :-)
Thanks for pointing to the Top, Thurso is the most northern town in Scotland and it gets compared to Edinburgh. The Americans didn't do too bad but we don't expect people to know too much about the places they don't live in. Their view of us is more often through the distortion of film and TV.
Honestly, I’m impressed- most of the answers were in point! Considering how teeny tiny we are, the national identity is so strong and carries well. I’d struggle to point out lots of states on a map or know the capitals and state nicknames etc- so well done?oh and come visit soon!
As a Scottish man this fills me with pride 👍🏻 good to see our American friends showing such interest into our bonnie wee land 🏴 we love you all too 😁
I was tense for this whole video, but this is the first I've seen where they don't make fun of our accents, or ask if we ken shrek. Actual made my day. Thanks x
I think as a whole they did quite well I was actually surprised how well they did! They would all be very welcome to come to Scotland when the Covid is over of course.
@@knucklesamidge And its nothing to be ashamed of. The Empire and such. Really is mostly modern day application of leftist ideology to historical facts that is the problem.
The first guy who pronounced "Edinburgh" did such a surprisingly fantastic job I think I'd let him into my home and possibly share a bottle of Buckfast.
Oh boy, this should be interesting. I'm sensing incoming Shrek accents... Edit for educational purposes: - Edinburgh (edin-bruh). Glasgow (glaz-go). Common mistake to make. - Swansea is in Wales 😂 - A kilt is not a skirt, it was traditionally worn by soldiers and shit. We only wear them at weddings nowadays. Unless Scotland are playing against England when the rugby or football is on... - Most of our slang is made up of insults, particularly in Glasgow. It's a term of endearment, really.
@@karlbmiles you're absolutely right, you shouldn't; personally, I think Americans should be allowed to delude themselves into thinking that they live in the "greatest nation on earth" *qué vomit sounds* so that they will not decide to visit other countries. I can personally testify that Americans are the worst tourists imaginable. So please, stay in your ill gotten, colonised land, and don't infect the rest of the world with your obscene level of ignorance.
I’m Scottish and spent time at university in The US. I was staggered at the general non-knowledge about my homeland: “Do you guys have cartoons in Scotland? Does Bugs Bunny speak with a Scotch accent?” Do you have computers in Scotland? Etc etc. These guys in the video are much better informed!!!
Haha this made me laugh! I had a few when I lived there. Do you have television in scotland? Do you know what goggles are? “Wait! Scotland is in the uk. I thought it was next to engerland. 😂😂 good times
Thanks for watching it Red! Happy to hear that you liked it! Yea when I heard the unicorn was Scotland’s national animal, I thought it was one of those long running gags like Australia and the “drop bear”. But yea, the unicorn is legit! 🦄
Born and bred in Scotland (Edinburgh 1956) but moved to France in 85. Firstly, thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it. I thought some of them did well, specially the couple with the dog, they were really good. The 5 girls, umm, lol. I nearly fell off my chair when they said Danish, but I laughed when they messed up with the French and Scottish flags. That being said, they all did OK and it's all in fun. Love from Scotland (and France my adopted country). Stay safe ❤❤
Born and bred Scotland and I’m actually quite impressed how many of them were able to find it on the map, considering I couldn’t point out most of the states in America!
@@Helmaron1538 doesn't the UK have 4 countries? But take away northern Ireland and its 3 countries in Great Britain? It all gets convoluded to the Americans. Toss in the commonwealth, and most Americans lose their mind. We still dont recognize Puerto Rico as a state, nor Guam, virgin islands, american samoa, or the Marshall islands. Ask me, and I'll just point to the Pacific ocean for some of them. Some are citizens, some can kind of vote without it counting officially. Our capital isn't technically a state. We lease land in Cuba (whole different subject). We learned 2 things from England, language, and imperialism.
@@chrisr4482 Stop generalizing all Americans. US territories aren’t states simply because none of them have chosen to apply to be states. Also, most your comment has nothing to do with the comment you were replying too. Why did you feel the need to type out all that random information?
haha this is funny, danish was my fav answer, unicorn has something to do with james I as far as i know and kudos for pronouncing edinburgh nearly right lol cant say the same for glasgow though ;) you guys do the same thing for moscow right enough which we also pronounce differently here. Good Vid!
Bell wasn't working at the patent office. You might be thinking of Einstein. However, he had learned of Gray's efforts and went hell for leather to beat him to the punch. They developed separately (and from different persepectives too - Bell was about vocals, Gray was about data). They both submitted on the same day but Bell got there first.
I'm Scottish and I ain't gonna lie. They did better than I thought. Ye's ur awe welcome once the pandemics done. Well show ye Buckfast, tottie scones an patter ❤️ great video bruh 👌
Thank you Ethan I appreciate that! It does honestly take me a good amount of time to make these types of videos. Sometimes I can go hours just looking for people that are willing to give it a go. A lot of people say no, but the people that are willing to participate make it worth it in the end. And to them, I am grateful.
They may not have scored 100%, but they advertise the USA beautifully. What a truly likeable bunch. No wonder we Scots love visiting your stunning, blue skied country. And as a Scot living in Scotland, I'd forgotten the Unicorn answer too. 😄 PS I'm fluent in Gibberish. 🤣
Greetings from Glasgow. I think some of the guys who signed the declaration of independence were Scottish also we invented a lot of things ie, bicycle, tv, toaster, penicillin, ATM machine, refrigerator, contact lens
@@JamesPrime1 I think that skips over some of the more basic building blocks too. Cast steel, the pneumatic tyre, telephones, the postage stamp, tubular steel, the steam engine and more modernly the wave power generator, the first steam boat and RADAR. It's a big list that makes up so much of the basis for the modern age it's amazing stuff.
It's funny when you're talking to someone who isn't Scottish, and you try to enunciate everything properly so they can actually understand you! I've noticed that in some films and tv programmes too.
@@Beth1300 My Mrs is Colombian. It's a fucking nightmare over there 😂 I'm currently developing my own mad Scots Spanish. Must be so weird hearing Spanish with my accent.
In terms of why the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland, this is a reference to the Pictish roots of our culture. Scotland has a mix of gaelic, picts and druids, along with other influences such as vikings, saxons etc. But back in the ancient past it was predominantly Pictish. The unicorn symbolically represents that aspect. I think someone mentioned how it combats the lion, and that's England. Scotland has two flags, the saltire, which is the blue with white Cross, which is often regarded as being the peoples flag. The white cross is for the patron Saint of Scotland, St Andrew, who was crucified on a diagonal cross. The second flag traces itself to the early 14th century, and is called the lion rampant. This is a red lion with a yellow background, and was the coat of arms for Robert the Bruce, who became King of Scotland after defeating England at Bannockburn in 1314. The symbol of the lion and the unicorn, I believe stems from the crowns of England and Scotland joining in James 1st (6th of Scotland). The image is of a lion and a unicorn, and if you look closely, the unicorn has been chained...
It’s chained even when use in Scotland before the union. The reason for the chains is because a unicorn is untameable to everyone, although it willfully bows down and surrenders to the might of Scottish kings
Unicorns have been linked to Scotland for centuries. In Celtic mythology the unicorn was a symbol of purity and innocence, as well as masculinity and power - for the unicorn question
Also legend has it that only a king could overpower and command a unicorn. If you look closely at royal coats of arms, you will see that the unicorn wears chains around its body and a crown around its neck, which means it has been brought under the command of the monarch
Also Legend has it that only a king could overpower and command a unicorn. If you look closely at royal coats of arms, you will see that the unicorn wears chains around its body and a crown around its neck, which means it has been brought under the command of the monarch
List of Scottish words said in a “weird” accent: -av (ive) -naw (no) -aye (yes) -aff (off) -bird (girlfriend) -canny (can’t) -wae (with) -tae (to) I live in between Glasgow and Livingston area.
I'm in Edinburgh n I'll tell you our dialect, it's very similar av (i've) nut (no) aye (yes) oaf (off) burd (girlfriend) cah (can't) way (with) ti (to) similar but wee bit different
The unicorn appears in heraldry across Europe from early times. In Scotland, it isn't so much the 'national animal' but appears on royal coats of arms - a bit like the Seal of the President of the United States featuring an eagle. The most prominent example, is the unicorn appearing on the coat of arms of HRH Queen Elizabeth(called a supporter), relating to Scotland. The lion on the opposite side relates to England. This coat of arms can be seen worldwide wherever the Queen is head of state - even on the uniform of the most distinguished Royal Mounted Police of Canada. Before Scotland and England formed the Kingdom of Great Britain (subsequently the United Kingdom) the Royal coat of arms of Scotland featured two unicorns (no lion). The British flag features the blue and white of the Scottish flag.
WHAT do AMERICANS know about WALES?
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They probably don’t know it exists..
When I said “Wales is nice”
To my friend he said “what’s Wales? Is that a city?”
English is spoken in Scotland but the main language in Scotland is Scots English. Yes its an actual language
@@zosimoszosimai7726 wtf are you on about
@@zosimoszosimai7726 what drugs are you? You've deleted you comment so don't be an ass
Don't ever go to a fancy dress party dressed as a sheep in wales
I have been sitting here for 10 minutes, struggling to work out how any sane person could think that we speak Danish in Scotland
I'm honestly thinking the exact same thing! lol
A lot of Scots words are of Norse origin.
I agree but many words in Danish and Scots are actually related, for example 'child' in Danish is 'barn', and in Scots it is 'bairn'.
They didn’t really think that they were just trying to be funny
Actually there were many people in areas colonised by the vikings who spoke Norn the language from which modern scandinavian languages are derived. In fact there was still someone able to speak it until the middle of the 20th century in one of the remote islands of Shetland. Although from a modern perspective i agree with you. Some interesting points being brought up though as a result of this. We can all always learn.
Everytime they said Glas.....cow, it was like nails down blackboard.
Same with "Scatland"
"Edin buroo" 🤣
Honestly yeah
Thankfully he didn’t mention Dumfries
@@garywilliams7086 I think you mean "dum-freys"
As a Scottish person, this message is just for Americans:
‘Yer da sells Avon.’
And protects statues 😂😂
I'm in sitches rn! 🤣🤣
Legend 😂
😂😂😂classic
AYE A AGREE
I enjoyed this video. Scotland has had a huge impact on the world over the centuries, for such a small country. It rocks 🏴
And we don’t brag about how much we have influenced the world culture for such a small unique and beautiful land 🏴🥰
The unicorn symbolised purity and innocence, it also stood for masculinity, power and courage. It was such a free, wild animal that it had to be chained, only a virgin maiden could tame it. It would choose to die rather than be taken alive. The unicorn was the enemy of the lion, the lion is the national animal of England.
Ahhhh I see. That’s a pretty solid reason to make it the national animal. Thanks for sharing that. I know I could have googled it, but where’s the fun in that.🤷🏽♂️
We are friends now though, right?
Unicorn meat is also a major source of glitter, which is one of Scotland's major exports.
Footnote.
Scotland is also geographically the ONLY place in the world where it can survive, along with the haggis or hagi.
It also rains a lot, but we harness that rain in the form of whiskey, which comes in handy when chasing haggis around the Highlands of Scotland bareback on our unicorns 🦄
That is all correct and it dates back to ancient celtic and gaelic story telling
I’m Scottish and I almost died when those girls thought our main language was Danish
Aye 😂
For all they’d be able to understand
Aye!
Scottish Gaelic > English
The one who said she has scotlish anscestors or something is hot hot.
Legends tell us that the only animal that can defeat the lion (England’s national animal) is the unicorn. It’s also a symbol of purity, innocence and power in Celtic mythology.
The unicorn is actually the National animal off Scotland(in mythology).
Reality tells us the power of the Lion is very real while the Unicorn is an imaginary creature.
@@terrortorn Why are you people the way you are 🥱
@@Ad-er5rc What's that in the background is it a Scot playing the bleeding heart again.
@@terrortorn The English Lion, is actually a panther (according to heraldry) little pussies on your shirts, how appropriate.
Wanna know how the Kilt got its name?
Someone called it a skirt and they got kilt.
Lmaooo
😂
Old joke
THE DRESS OF A WARRIOR PEOPLE!
Kilt is eons before the skirt. Kilt is new the whole outfit was only wore for worriers in war.
As a Scottish person I actually don't think they did too bad although apparently the American flag must be the only one they r taught 😅
aye cos they thought the French flag wis scottish an the ROI flag as well 😂 at least they dinnae choose argentina or south korea or a wid flip 😂
I'm Scottish aswell and I've known lots about America
What is the most common language lol. Where I live in Edinburgh it's almost Polish. It's only gibberish with the accent and the colloquiums though. Fucking bagpipes...
Fans of the accent? Not televisions, telephones, penicillin or general anaesthetic? Fridges maybe? And Irn Bru ofc. You're welcome btw.
@@Silverbeardedsurfer we hae some polish people on ma street. theyve completely ignored corona an had parties since march. theyve had far tae many people visitin them an am so shocked that they aint caught corona yet 😂
oh yeah also theres a polish guy in ma bros year at school 😂
I am very proud of these random Americans finding Scotland on a map,
Like a proud father, a single tear of joy finds its way down my cheek.
Scottish found new world 1700s
Especially as they are American too. I expected more to point to the middle east tbh.
@@WiredCountDuckula There are famous Scots all through history in unexpected places. It is actually kind of mental. Check it out. One just popped up in the sacking of Constantinople in a documentary I was watching recently.
Yeh I've watched videos of Americans who couldn't find America on the map, so I'm pretty impressed by this. Thought some of them might be familiar with Scotland because of Outlander but doesn't seem so from this selection.
I was surprised and impressed they knew so much about Scotland. Scotland is the wee country that punches waaaaaay above our weight. Saor Alba.
Most of them thought the French flag was Scottish lol
@Star Star Gaelic, sadly no, it's very much a minority language now, although it is beginning to interest more people . It was a forbidden language for many years here.
@Star Star There's also Scots, which is a separate indigenous language which a lot of people speak, though there's a desire to keep Gaelic alive as it is a dying language (I'm Scottish)
YES YES YES indyref2 Now
@@daveboy1247 Yes. : )
Some "countries" mentioned in the video:
"Scatland"
"Southern Ireland"
Edin burrow
Scattland in the middle East . God save the gingers
It’s just their stupid wee accsent
It’s a unicorn as it is the only animal can could defeat the lion (the English national animal) in other words it meant that Scotland was superior over England as in those day they would battle
@@samuelpinder1215 glass-cow (Glasgow)
The American Declaration of Independence was based on a document called the Declaration of Arbroath, fun fact, more than half of the signatories of your Declaration were either Scottish by birth or by decent, the Arbroath document stated that any King who came to power could be removed by force if necessary if they did not rule the country for the good of the people, the declaration was signed on 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII
Americans need to invoke this article and remove the wannabe king, tRump
Thankyou! I didn't know that even as a Scottish person, that's pretty cool!
True, I live in arbroath.
Declaration of Aberbrothic 👌🏻
Haha I shared this exact same fact. I am born and bred in Arbroath
Television, telephone, penicillin, MRI scanner, refrigerator, toaster, contact lenses, ATMs, colour photographs, the flushing toilets, hypodermic syringe, fingerprinting, steam engine, pneumatic tyre, aircraft design, golf, radar technology, bicycles, grand theft auto the game - *all invented in our glorious Scotland or by a scotsman* . Can't speak danish though..
Mate am from Glasgow and never even knew half the stuff we invented so thank u for educating me bud 👍🏻👍🏻, scotland is quality haha
If only Tesla had been a Scot we would be perfect
Sorry Bryan but think you have taken claim for a few of those that aren’t Scottish
@@johnbaird4912 which ones John? If I have any wrong I will stand corrected.
@@bryan116
Steam engine was newcome flushing toilet was John Harrington
Bicycle was some German guy
But bye in large spot on ,great inventions
By wonderful people from a beautiful country 👍😁
From a Scottish person - overall you guys done pretty well, I didn't think ANYONE would get the unicorn question.
The flag question was interesting.
And aye, thanks for the overall response from USA. ❤🏴🇺🇸
As a Scottish Boomer educated in the 1960's - they may HAVE DONE well, they certainly DID well and may indeed DO well in future...
Great Wee Video. Well in 👍🏴
Scotland came out well, more surprised not that many people recognise Frances flag tho haha
I was thinking the same thing as well. Pretty much the whole world has seen the UK flag, so you'd think it would be easy to spot the Scottish flag here lol
All the flags are easy though they were all identifiable
If something is bush. It’s mental
SCOTLAND CAME OUT WELL! PLEASE EXPLAIN!! St ANDREW PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND! SHARES THIS WITH GREECE AND RUSSIA! A SEPARATE AND MUCH OLDER COUNTRY THAN ENGLAND!!
"Edinburrow"
Me, a Scot: HHHMMMMMMMM!!!!!
Lad tbh that’s not even that bad, miles better than edin-burg
@@oneday7672 Ok yeah true
@@oneday7672 anythin is better an eDiNbUrG 😂
@@andreacrumlish9976 👀
Same lol
Sometimes you hear ............ Scot . Land
That was enjoyable!!
I’m from Glasgow, and, spent time travelling USA, and, definitely the accent made an impression, I enjoyed my times there thoroughly
Very nice!
Born and raised in America, but I'm ethnically Scottish. I thought the questions were too easy. I probably know more about Scotland than most American History College professors. I learned as a young teen that I am Scottish right around the same time Braveheart came out, and I have been learning everything I can about Scotland's history ever since.
Did you learn that the braveheart film is hated by Scots, and wildly inaccurate as well as being filmed in Ireland the only thing it shares with Scottish culture is Mel Gibson sure he's an aussie but he's also an alcoholic racist and that's scottish in my book
Funny how no one claims to be scottish after they watch trainspotting
Proud Scot here. Thanks brother. All sounded so positive about oor wee country. Smashing.
Thanks for watching Martin. Glad you enjoyed it 🙋🏽♂️
MATH SINN
IS MHA SENN
Awww, feeling the love! Thanks lovely American people. You are all welcome to come visit any time (but maybe wait until this craziness is over!) - we love visitors. Really impressed by how much they all knew about our wee patch of this planet. Xxx
Thanks for checking out the video Angie! I hope they get a chance to visit Scotland someday. I'm sure they would all have a good time. 🙋🏽♂️
The girl on the far right was brilliant, even getting the Unicorn right. Then she blew it with the whole Danish thing
Hahaha. So close, yet so far away.
Naw. Watch it again. Her wee pal copies all her answers. And when she says danish too she turns her head and smothers a laugh. She was taking the piss out her copying pal
@@tonyoliver4920 I noticed that as well. What a funny gal. She even goes on to say "100% danish".
100%sarcasm
Funny how biggest land owner is Scotland is Danish 🤔she mentioned Danish 🤔🤔
Explaining why the Unicorn is the national animal of Scotland is a dark but entertaining story 😂
As someone who is Scottish, also want to just say, anyone from anywhere, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME IN SCOTLAND! please come visit, enjoy this lovely little country, we'll be as lovely as possible! (We have bad days too) can't wait to meet you all
PEACEFUL,NEVER CONQUERED! NO AMBITION TO CONQUER ANY COUNTRY, IN CONFLICTS! USED AS CANNON FODDER BY ENGLISH!. RESOURCES OIL, WHISKY, AND INVENTIONS ALL STOLEN, ALONG WITH OUR CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND OUR NAME
Maybe my expectations are too low but I thought they did pretty good. Pronunciation will always be an issue with most foreign people but that’s to be expected. Really well put together video btw. Love from Aberdeen, Scotland.
Hello Matthew from Aberdeen! Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching. Yea I was on the same page as you when it came to how much people would know. They did better than I thought they would and I am pretty happy with that!
When the girl said it’s English but sounds like gibberish is honestly so true 🤣 the amount of times I have to repeat my self to anyone that’s not Scottish is mind blowing just because we speak too fast🤣
and the majority of us use too in the right way too haha only jesting
Naomi Duncan don’t even get me started on the Aberdeen accent 🤣🤣
Not wrong!
I’m central belt and find myself on a daily basis thinking wtf did he just say to me 😂
Aberdonian accent the best Scottish accent 👊
Nice wee video, all pleasant people with a positive impression of Scotland and the Scots. And aye, when you think of the influence Scottish have had over the world and over the years - not bad for a wee country of a few million folk.
"I’m part scattish"
Me- Naw yer no
@Brodieboy_20 do you have any idea why "scattish makes me think of a cat litter tray?
I hate when they call us ‘SCOTCH’.
How many Americans are NOT part Scottish? 🤣🤣
It’s a Chicago accent
Ur ye aye ?
A lot of Americans are. A lot of English too it seems.
Apparently even I qualify for the Scottish national team, they said they would have me too if I took up playing football. They are just that desperate.
As a Scot this made me feel many different emotions 😂
Was most of it anger?
I’m Scottish and it had me triggered
@@cethlikestf pretty much yeah😂😂
Aye mate, like ma Mrs in five minutes
@@jamietaylor4078 omg i was your 3rd sub such a MILESTONE SJDJDMCNF
Greetings from Glasgow. You guys did so well I'm really impressed. Wee but mighty is ur Scotland x
Hello Gail from Glasgow! thank you for watching and leaving some feedback. I appreciate that!
For how small Scotland is. I’m well impressed with the majorities answers! ❤️🏴🇺🇸
I’m Scottish and quite impressed with how well they done. Have met a few Americans who didn’t have a clue about us until they came for a visit. Visitors are always welcome ☺️ and we won’t take offence if you ask us to slow down when talking 😂
Are u for real one girl thought we all spoke danish😂😂
With alcohol Scottish even more difficult to understand
@@stuclark4182Wow one person 🤣
@@stuclark4182 If you look carefully, you can see that she is taking the piss from her friend who keeps copying her answers. Look for the sly little smile in that section.
You ain't scottish, you are a Tadger
i'm Scottish, they did their best and that's all that matters
Indeed. But they did more than Ok. But Scotland is a GREAT country and Scottish are some of the best folks on the planet. So you people are quite famous. :)
@@badseednut glad you like it!
Your wrong.
@@RyanBennison uhhhh don't bring us all down lmao .
I get get annoyed when they get simple facts wrong. Though if you done the same with me over say Denmark I'd be just as ignorant
Nice video, kudos for generally getting the answers right, it makes a change from the videos where they try to embarrass people on their lack of knowledge. Also appreciated you pronouncing Edinburgh and Glasgow properly. All the best, from Aberdeen!
Agreed
I'm from Aberdeen, loved this video. Those people were very sweet. Thanks for sharing facts about Bonnie Scotland 🦄 x
Thank you Jacqui, glad you liked it 🙋🏽♂️
We chose to have a Unicorn as our national animal as we can relate to having a massive horn.
I have been telling everyone that for years.
My man
England has the lion as were all hairy
😂 😂 😂 Great. Unicorn represents strength and purity.
@@finleydavison5858 No mine!
As a Scotlish person, I actually find myself more impressed with their answers than I thought!
They didn't do too bad! Better than I thought myself! Good on them, glad they participated. And thanks for watching MCJ. 🙋🏽♂️
Dunno about that how some think Scotland is in the middle of the Irish sea is beyond me tbh ;)
For the people who pronounced Edinburgh correctly: I appreciate you ❤️
The guy who answered soccer/football must be a true soccer fan himself . I admire genuine American soccer fans since their is so many other sports pushed in their face yet they choose to appreciate the beautiful game
The swan club the guy in white top referred to is Swansea city from Swansea in Wales
As a Scottish guy I laughed so much at the pronunciations of how they said our cities! Slightly offensive when they said we talk gibberish. Scotland has so many different dialects just like the USA. We aren’t one accent. There are many many accents. I’m from the central belt of Scotland, Glasgow. But I live in the capital now, Edinburgh. Scotland is an amazing country. Progressive, forward thinking and beautiful. Proud to be Scottish 🏴🏳️🌈❤️🏴
Don’t be offended. While some Scottish people are hard to understand, most aren’t. I know a lot of Americans and English folk that speak gibberish too. I happen to love what I know about Scotland - a progressive forward thinking country as you say, steeped in ancient Celtic culture. Really cool. I’ve met a few Scottish people in my travels abroad and have always gotten on well with them. I hope to get there within the next few years. By the way, more than half of America is also progressive, forward thinking and beautiful too. The problem is the rest is not. It’s a struggle.
Scottish people Has French pronunciation
@@johnf-americanreacts1287I'd say less than half are progressive going by the amount of votes for the Mango Messiah in the recent presidential election.
“English but it sounds like gibberish”
I'll tell yae wit you sound lit tae me but yae widnae hiv a dan-doo wit ah wis oan aboot.
My spellchecker just had a seizure.
Or the good old im gagging for a jaggy bonnet or a Gregory white lol
That woman is moronic
@wee boab At last! Sombody has f***** up the damned spellchecker instead of it f****** us up! your a real Hero in my ebook.
Nae bother big yin. ( No problem my friend)
But surely our main language is Scots? We don’t speak slang English with an accent 🤔 it’s a sister language 🤣🤣
I love videos like this. It reminds you that, despite the general world view, Americans can be very sweet. We love you guys too.
This is from the murder capital of America too! 26 people were shot this weekend alone here in Chicago. Theyre in the loop and this was obviously filmed pre-covid and pre-riots but that beautiful downtown area this summer looked like Syria. Cop cars were set on fire, looting and riots, the city was on fire. We have had most of it repaired now but it was complete Anarchy a few months ago.
Count Vanderhosen the world is extremely hateful of Americans for no reason, and America has never had a history of anti-Europeanism or extreme xenophobia. To this day, opinion polling shows American opinions of its allies are majority positive, opinion polling of America from its allies is majority negative. Any imputations of arrogance or bad character thrown at Americans is really projection stemming from insecurity of American cultural dominance. I mean, compare the “what do Americans think of” videos to the “what do ____ think of America” videos - the Americans are almost always emphatically more complimentary and positive, the foreigners are almost always negative and insulting - even the “positives” of America that they list, if they force themselves to name any, are always backhanded and condescending.
@@decrox13 I agree with this 100%. When I travel or on social media, I generally try to have a positive outlook on other countries and see soooo much rudeness directed to the our country here. It’s really sad to see. My husband and I are trying to teach our children about the world, but almost scared to take them traveling abroad because of all the hate I see displayed towards us.
Hi iam chairlhi in Aberdeen Scotland , thought you guys were pretty good , looking forward for you guys to visit Scotland
As a Scotsman living in the USA i was surprised at how well they did...good job!
I have been studying Scotland for about a year now and I thought the Americans did a better job than I thought they would. Only one I got wrong was the unicorn. I love you videos, glad you started posting again, keep it up. I will be visiting Scotland in 2022(fingers crossed).
Thanks for watching it Chantel! I agree, they did a lot better than I thought they would. If you had asked me these questions before my trip there, I wouldn’t have done so well. But they did pretty good! Yea I hope you do get the chance to visit there, it’s an awesome place. 👍🏽
You can be forgiven as many think it's the Haggis.
“Typing this slowly” 😉 That was awesome guys 😂 I thought they done great, a lot better than I initially thought 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 love from Glasgow 🏴😘🙏🏻
Least James said Edinburgh properly! Well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Haha I tried!
Really glad you had a good time visiting buddy and thanks for taking the time to do a bit of learning about the local culture.
ugh, "Scotch is a drink" was like a knife to the heart and hearing Edinborrow so many times...
Southern ireland, that's opening up a can of worms and unicorns feature very heavily in celtic mythology.
Fun fact, the 2011 Scottish Census found that more than 150 languages other than English are used in Scottish homes.
Christianity and the christian god was forced on Scotland through colonisation and invasion.
I honestly know more atheists and muslims here than I do Christians to be fair.
@@VampiraVonGhoulscout same and I think that's due to a few factors like a generational shift to understanding the values preached and the actions taken are often contradictory as well as a better education on world politics and history. Interestingly 53% of people in the last census identified as being of some christian denomination, no religion at 36% and Muslim at 1.4% so I'll be really curious to see how the next census goes. wish we did them more often because they're a data gold mine.
@@Davefacestation Even the ones I know who do identify as being some form of Christian aren't really practicing. I think they were just raised that way but don't go to church or that.
@@VampiraVonGhoulscout oh yeah my family had a huge stigma about never telling anyone you're not Christian, do what you want behind closed doors but everyone outside must believe you're Christian but they had major public appearance issues.
David, they didn’t even mention Gaelic..... 😑
Great video, the feelings mutual we love the Americans! Without doubt the friendliest people you'll meet when traveling abroad! 🏴🤝🇺🇲
In Scotland we speak 3 native languages: Scottish Gaelic, Scots and English
U forgot Doric
Technically English is not your native language 😂😂
Yeah I wonder why those weren't options?
Gàidhlig, Scots, Doric, and English. However, I would like to argue that atleast in my area we grew up thinking Scots was normal Englsih for quite a bit. Like it blows my mind that Non-Scottish folks can't read Scots. I think the only people that don't speak Scots atleast most of the time would be people from posher areas? Not sure. Grew up thinking it was a dialect but upon realising that it confused so many people it may as well be a language hehe :-)
Only sheep an numptys speak Gaelic the rest of us speak scots .
Thanks for pointing to the Top, Thurso is the most northern town in Scotland and it gets compared to Edinburgh.
The Americans didn't do too bad but we don't expect people to know too much about the places they don't live in. Their view of us is more often through the distortion of film and TV.
Honestly, I’m impressed- most of the answers were in point! Considering how teeny tiny we are, the national identity is so strong and carries well. I’d struggle to point out lots of states on a map or know the capitals and state nicknames etc- so well done?oh and come visit soon!
Just laughing my ass off at the way they pronounce Glasgow 😂😂😂
Glasglow lol😂
Makes the “people make Glas Gow” vid more believable lol
Pleased that the folk asked knew a fair bit about Scotland, especially the youngsters, the world will be in better hands soon
They did alot better than expected. Well done 👏
As a Scottish man this fills me with pride 👍🏻 good to see our American friends showing such interest into our bonnie wee land 🏴 we love you all too 😁
hey thanks for the feedback Andy! Hope the people in the video read the comments 🙋🏽♂️
I'm Scottish, great wee video ♥️ impressed so many found us on the map 👏
Thank you for watching it Suzanne! I was impressed they knew where Scotland was as well!
I'm Scottish and love this video lol was surprised by a lot of their knowledge aboot us. Nice wee Scottish word there for u 🤣🤣🏴🏴
Haha thanks for watching John!
Chica cow ! Liked your big silver kidney bean, blues music ,wrigley field and Michigan avenue
I was tense for this whole video, but this is the first I've seen where they don't make fun of our accents, or ask if we ken shrek. Actual made my day. Thanks x
I think as a whole they did quite well I was actually surprised how well they did! They would all be very welcome to come to Scotland when the Covid is over of course.
thanks paul, appreciate that feedback.
"isn't it next to Germany" I propose to restart the empire
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No one thinks about how Scotland ruled 25% of the world at one point. England gets all the blame. It wa the both av us
@@knucklesamidge it was fuckin wan eh yeez.
@@knucklesamidge And its nothing to be ashamed of. The Empire and such. Really is mostly modern day application of leftist ideology to historical facts that is the problem.
You know what, as a Scotsman, I think these folk did great, thanks for a great honest video, enjoyed it a lot
The first guy who pronounced "Edinburgh" did such a surprisingly fantastic job I think I'd let him into my home and possibly share a bottle of Buckfast.
Then send him on to mine to end the night with 2 bottles of Eldorado.
Oh boy, this should be interesting. I'm sensing incoming Shrek accents...
Edit for educational purposes:
- Edinburgh (edin-bruh).
Glasgow (glaz-go).
Common mistake to make.
- Swansea is in Wales 😂
- A kilt is not a skirt, it was traditionally worn by soldiers and shit. We only wear them at weddings nowadays. Unless Scotland are playing against England when the rugby or football is on...
- Most of our slang is made up of insults, particularly in Glasgow. It's a term of endearment, really.
Lol. Thanks for the breakdown. And also, Shrek is an all time GREAT. 😂😂😂
Edin-Bur-uh
@Talorc MacAllan The Doric? My mum was Aberdonian. I apparently inherited the accent but regrettably don't know any Doric.
A good majority of the people in Aberdeen don’t know the Doric
@@bruceleighton4948 I know a couple of sayings but that's because my partner is from Kennethmont
I swear Americans don’t do geography
Most of them got the toe graphs correct.
Some Americans know geography, but a lot don't unfortunately.
We don't do European geography. Why should we?
@@karlbmiles i mean, me personally i think everyone should have basic knowledge of the world they live in. :)
@@karlbmiles you're absolutely right, you shouldn't; personally, I think Americans should be allowed to delude themselves into thinking that they live in the "greatest nation on earth" *qué vomit sounds* so that they will not decide to visit other countries.
I can personally testify that Americans are the worst tourists imaginable.
So please, stay in your ill gotten, colonised land, and don't infect the rest of the world with your obscene level of ignorance.
Thank you so much for this. I’m Scottish and loved it
Glad you enjoyed it!
The reason the Unicorn is the national animal of Scotland is because of the only animal that are lions scared of
And in our royal coat of arms the unicorn is in chains, because the unicorn is supposed to be untameable to everyone except the Scots.
I would add a small correction lion's weren't scared of unicorns. Unicorns were the "only" creatures to kill lions.
its also cos e unicorn is a myth an scotland is well known fur myths an fables like e loch ness monster 😂
No it's because it's a symbol of purity and strength
Nope, they chose the Unicorn for the animal symbolises purity..
I’m Scottish and spent time at university in The US. I was staggered at the general non-knowledge about my homeland: “Do you guys have cartoons in Scotland? Does Bugs Bunny speak with a Scotch accent?” Do you have computers in Scotland? Etc etc. These guys in the video are much better informed!!!
Haha this made me laugh! I had a few when I lived there. Do you have television in scotland? Do you know what goggles are? “Wait! Scotland is in the uk. I thought it was next to engerland. 😂😂 good times
yeah i remember being asked by canadians if we have internet in scotland. unbelievable.
And the American tourists who often ask what time the one oclock gun goes of
I’m Scottish & I thoroughly enjoyed this 😂I’m still laughing over the unicorn? That can’t be right? 😂
Oh it is!!
Look at your Passport. The lion is England and the unicorn is Scotland
Thanks for watching it Red! Happy to hear that you liked it! Yea when I heard the unicorn was Scotland’s national animal, I thought it was one of those long running gags like Australia and the “drop bear”. But yea, the unicorn is legit! 🦄
@@dx030496 shit thats mental
It's totally a Unicorn 🦄
Born and bred in Scotland (Edinburgh 1956) but moved to France in 85. Firstly, thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it. I thought some of them did well, specially the couple with the dog, they were really good. The 5 girls, umm, lol. I nearly fell off my chair when they said Danish, but I laughed when they messed up with the French and Scottish flags. That being said, they all did OK and it's all in fun. Love from Scotland (and France my adopted country). Stay safe ❤❤
I’m Scottish and my name is Monica haha :) no idea why this was in my recommended list but it feels fortuitous !
You’re my favorite people 👍🏽
Born and bred Scotland and I’m actually quite impressed how many of them were able to find it on the map, considering I couldn’t point out most of the states in America!
It's ok most Americans cant point out all 50 states. We're geographically challenged.
@@chrisr4482 plus Britain has only 3 or 4 countries, depending on whether or not you're counting Northern Ireland
@@Helmaron1538 doesn't the UK have 4 countries? But take away northern Ireland and its 3 countries in Great Britain? It all gets convoluded to the Americans. Toss in the commonwealth, and most Americans lose their mind. We still dont recognize Puerto Rico as a state, nor Guam, virgin islands, american samoa, or the Marshall islands. Ask me, and I'll just point to the Pacific ocean for some of them. Some are citizens, some can kind of vote without it counting officially. Our capital isn't technically a state. We lease land in Cuba (whole different subject). We learned 2 things from England, language, and imperialism.
@@chrisr4482 Maybe you are. But I can and most of the people I know could point out all the states on a map.
@@chrisr4482 Stop generalizing all Americans.
US territories aren’t states simply because none of them have chosen to apply to be states.
Also, most your comment has nothing to do with the comment you were replying too. Why did you feel the need to type out all that random information?
That cheered me up! Thought they mostly all did pretty well, but the fact that we speak English and it sounds like gibberish is 100% spot on 😂
haha this is funny, danish was my fav answer, unicorn has something to do with james I as far as i know and kudos for pronouncing edinburgh nearly right lol cant say the same for glasgow though ;) you guys do the same thing for moscow right enough which we also pronounce differently here. Good Vid!
im scotish fun fact : scotland made the tv and the telephone it wasnt for scotland you wouldnt even be watching this video
Scotland invented the modern world
actually Graham Bell stole the idea of the telephone from Elisha Gray
More accurate to say that a Scot stole the design for the telephone from the patent office where he was working
Bell wasn't working at the patent office. You might be thinking of Einstein. However, he had learned of Gray's efforts and went hell for leather to beat him to the punch. They developed separately (and from different persepectives too - Bell was about vocals, Gray was about data). They both submitted on the same day but Bell got there first.
Also major development in steam engines, textiles etc.
These videos are so fun to watch, keep it up man
Thanks Levi! Glad to hear you like these types of videos! Thanks for the feedback 🙋🏽♂️
I'm Scottish and I ain't gonna lie. They did better than I thought. Ye's ur awe welcome once the pandemics done. Well show ye Buckfast, tottie scones an patter ❤️ great video bruh 👌
This was fun to watch :) cheers mate
Scotland has contributed immensely to America🏴🏴🏴
Charles Kenny there’s about 5 million people of Scottish ancestry. That’s not that many.
TO THE WORLD!
We pronouce Glasgow as "Glesga!"
Only the weegies, acunt I know says Glaz-go
@@jedaye47 lol am from a little place called Kingdom of Fife🤣
@@ladybloxzi2698 fair enough I feel for ya haha been the a couple of times myself, prefer my side of the firth 😂
For the effort that goes into these videos, you deserve a lot more views. Keep it up.
Thank you Ethan I appreciate that! It does honestly take me a good amount of time to make these types of videos. Sometimes I can go hours just looking for people that are willing to give it a go. A lot of people say no, but the people that are willing to participate make it worth it in the end. And to them, I am grateful.
Good video...respected the subject matter and the people being asked the questions. Well done.
They may not have scored 100%, but they advertise the USA beautifully. What a truly likeable bunch. No wonder we Scots love visiting your stunning, blue skied country. And as a Scot living in Scotland, I'd forgotten the Unicorn answer too. 😄
PS I'm fluent in Gibberish.
🤣
As a Scot I’m very happy most knew where it was on the map :)
Greetings from Glasgow. I think some of the guys who signed the declaration of independence were Scottish also we invented a lot of things ie, bicycle, tv, toaster, penicillin, ATM machine, refrigerator, contact lens
Wow I didn’t know those inventions came out of Scotland. I’m ganna have to look that up thanks for sharing Fraser
@@JamesPrime1 I think that skips over some of the more basic building blocks too. Cast steel, the pneumatic tyre, telephones, the postage stamp, tubular steel, the steam engine and more modernly the wave power generator, the first steam boat and RADAR. It's a big list that makes up so much of the basis for the modern age it's amazing stuff.
Gta, lemmings and many other games are Scottish as well
@@Davefacestation you forgot deep fried Mars bar 😂
MRI scanners, ATM's, colour photography, flushing toilets, vacuum flasks, waterproofs etc, there's so many!
Great video! Please do one on Scottish Inventions. It will blow your mind!
“Danish” 😂😭😭😭 nearly greetin man!
I was pleasantly surprised they kmew that much.. well done ✅
As a Scottish person I love Americans reactions to hearing my accent😂❤️
Yea i'm a fan of the accent myself. Sounds dope.
It's funny when you're talking to someone who isn't Scottish, and you try to enunciate everything properly so they can actually understand you! I've noticed that in some films and tv programmes too.
The capital of scotland is.... Ireland hahahaha
@@Beth1300
My Mrs is Colombian. It's a fucking nightmare over there 😂
I'm currently developing my own mad Scots Spanish. Must be so weird hearing Spanish with my accent.
You guys did well considering. But to the girls who got it wrong about Danish speakers there are some of us who do “ snakke Dansk” 🇩🇰🏴
In terms of why the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland, this is a reference to the Pictish roots of our culture.
Scotland has a mix of gaelic, picts and druids, along with other influences such as vikings, saxons etc. But back in the ancient past it was predominantly Pictish. The unicorn symbolically represents that aspect.
I think someone mentioned how it combats the lion, and that's England. Scotland has two flags, the saltire, which is the blue with white Cross, which is often regarded as being the peoples flag. The white cross is for the patron Saint of Scotland, St Andrew, who was crucified on a diagonal cross.
The second flag traces itself to the early 14th century, and is called the lion rampant. This is a red lion with a yellow background, and was the coat of arms for Robert the Bruce, who became King of Scotland after defeating England at Bannockburn in 1314.
The symbol of the lion and the unicorn, I believe stems from the crowns of England and Scotland joining in James 1st (6th of Scotland). The image is of a lion and a unicorn, and if you look closely, the unicorn has been chained...
It’s chained even when use in Scotland before the union. The reason for the chains is because a unicorn is untameable to everyone, although it willfully bows down and surrenders to the might of Scottish kings
OOh Aye!
I’m a Scotsman in America and these Americans are fairly knowledgeable compared to some I’ve come across!!!! Everyone thinks I’m Irish.
I'm watching this and cringing at the pronunciation of the cities
Saaaaaame. I live in a glass cow, apparently.
Am sitting cringing at the fact they thought swansea was in Scotland 💀
@Zachary imma have a convo wi you in the comments
Well no disrespect but many Americans have never been able to pronounce English or Scottish sounding cities properly especially Edinburgh.
@@charliezz6746 I don’t think they were trying to be rude about it
I'm actually impressed, I wasn't expecting many to know much about our country. Most got the location spot on.
Unicorns have been linked to Scotland for centuries. In Celtic mythology the unicorn was a symbol of purity and innocence, as well as masculinity and power - for the unicorn question
Also legend has it that only a king could overpower and command a unicorn. If you look closely at royal coats of arms, you will see that the unicorn wears chains around its body and a crown around its neck, which means it has been brought under the command of the monarch
Also Legend has it that only a king could overpower and command a unicorn. If you look closely at royal coats of arms, you will see that the unicorn wears chains around its body and a crown around its neck, which means it has been brought under the command of the monarch
List of Scottish words said in a “weird” accent:
-av (ive)
-naw (no)
-aye (yes)
-aff (off)
-bird (girlfriend)
-canny (can’t)
-wae (with)
-tae (to)
I live in between Glasgow and Livingston area.
Hahaha no chance I stay right inbetween livi and glasgow
I'm in Edinburgh n I'll tell you our dialect, it's very similar
av (i've)
nut (no)
aye (yes)
oaf (off)
burd (girlfriend)
cah (can't)
way (with)
ti (to)
similar but wee bit different
@@reecedowney5031 with is the same. When pronouncing its like ‘im way him’ or something like that but in texts everywhere i see is ‘wae’
East end of Glasgow 👍😂
I live in port Glasgow which is literally 2 seconds away dae Greenock
The unicorn appears in heraldry across Europe from early times. In Scotland, it isn't so much the 'national animal' but appears on royal coats of arms - a bit like the Seal of the President of the United States featuring an eagle. The most prominent example, is the unicorn appearing on the coat of arms of HRH Queen Elizabeth(called a supporter), relating to Scotland. The lion on the opposite side relates to England. This coat of arms can be seen worldwide wherever the Queen is head of state - even on the uniform of the most distinguished Royal Mounted Police of Canada. Before Scotland and England formed the Kingdom of Great Britain (subsequently the United Kingdom) the Royal coat of arms of Scotland featured two unicorns (no lion). The British flag features the blue and white of the Scottish flag.
The Unicorn IS recognised as Scotlands national animal.
@@redoubtnodoubt9702 it isn't an animal and the 'national animal' aspect relates to heraldry.