Scotland is great for sooo many reasons,
Scottish people invented:
the T.V. (Logie-Baird)
Pennicilin (Flemming)
the telephone (Bell)
whisky (without an 'e' if it has an 'e' its shit!)
US Navy(Jones-maybe not something to be that proud of :S)
Bank of England (thats right and now Scottish note are often knocked bank in that glorious land, the irony...)
Golf
think that's enough but the list is endless.
OH NO WAIT!!! missed out the most important... IRN BRU!!!
the most amazing drink in the world, so amazing that America fear it, having banned the import and so selling of it!)
also the most patriotic(not to be confused with biggoted), beutiful and just, as the great neds would say, pure minted!
Scottish people invented:
the T.V. (Logie-Baird)
Pennicilin (Flemming)
the telephone (Bell)
whisky (without an 'e' if it has an 'e' its shit!)
US Navy(Jones-maybe not something to be that proud of :S)
Bank of England (thats right and now Scottish note are often knocked bank in that glorious land, the irony...)
Golf
think that's enough but the list is endless.
OH NO WAIT!!! missed out the most important... IRN BRU!!!
the most amazing drink in the world, so amazing that America fear it, having banned the import and so selling of it!)
also the most patriotic(not to be confused with biggoted), beutiful and just, as the great neds would say, pure minted!
by Rach E December 11, 2005
an awesome country full of glens, lochs, mountains, islands, tartans, castles, great food, and the coolest accents
by laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa July 11, 2008
scotland is awesome
(may not sound like it but i am scottish living in california for more than 10 years does some things to you)
(may not sound like it but i am scottish living in california for more than 10 years does some things to you)
by godofthunder89012 December 20, 2003
by becky135 December 18, 2006
One of the 4 countries of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales). The second most populous country in the UK after England. The biggest city is Glasgow but the capital is Edinburgh.
Scotland is a beautiful country with unique scenery and friendly people.
Scotland is NOT part of England and it is a terrible insult to call a Scot English or refer to Scotland as England.
Scotland is often forgotten about after England. Many of us want Scotland to become an independant country as we feel the Union with the rest of the UK is causing us to lose our national identity, however we probably won't get it until the oil has run out.
Education in scotland is very good, especially higher education as it is free to go to university here.
we would probably get more tourists if the goverment launched a tourism campaign. All main and important transportation routes connect or go through london e.g. all British Airways flights go must connect in London Heathrow.
Visit Scotland. It is a beautiful, exciting place with friendly locals and is not quite like any other country in the world.
Scotland is a beautiful country with unique scenery and friendly people.
Scotland is NOT part of England and it is a terrible insult to call a Scot English or refer to Scotland as England.
Scotland is often forgotten about after England. Many of us want Scotland to become an independant country as we feel the Union with the rest of the UK is causing us to lose our national identity, however we probably won't get it until the oil has run out.
Education in scotland is very good, especially higher education as it is free to go to university here.
we would probably get more tourists if the goverment launched a tourism campaign. All main and important transportation routes connect or go through london e.g. all British Airways flights go must connect in London Heathrow.
Visit Scotland. It is a beautiful, exciting place with friendly locals and is not quite like any other country in the world.
Oh and by the way, we do not all have ginger hair, wear kilts and play the bagpipes.
We're from Scotland, and proud of it.
We're from Scotland, and proud of it.
by Noo Noo March 30, 2008
Unfortunately part of the United Kingdom since 1707. Scotland is a small, underpopulated yet beautiful country of 5 million souls. Not all however are strictly scottish due to mass emigration forced and voluntary and mass immigration, mostly Irish. Scotlands indigineous people were celtic. One original tribe, the "picts" and the other the "scoti" (originally from Ireland) their two royal families intermarried and created a united Scotland. The lifestyle of the picts was retained i.e tartan whereas the language of the scoti became dominant gadhlig or scottish gaelic as it is now known. Scotland has been proven to be almost completely unconquerable with its mountainess landscape and fierce natives. The Romans could only invade about 2/5 of scotland and the english, however hard or often they tried could never get a decent foothold on this great land and were always eventually repelled. Scotland was sold down the river by its nobles and joined with England to form the UK. England had tried building an Empire before the union but had made a hash of it. With Scotland on board they got somewhere due to oh lets see. 1. Use of what many consider to be the best soldiers in the world (the English are now so jealous they want to disband the scottish regiments and merge them into one).
2.use of Scotlands rich land and resources.
3.her people: hardworking, tough, resilient, intelligent( John Logie baird, look up scottish inventors and you'll get the picture)
4.ruthless.( Look at what the Scots did when they settled in Ulster, Ireland)
5. scootish industrial muscle i.e the clyde shipyards.
Scots are a proud people who litter the globe especially north america and australia.
SECTARIANISM IN SCOTLAND: "THE IRISH CANCER"
Scotland is a divided country however. Religiously scotland was originally catholic but reformed to protestantism. Many remianing catholics emmigrated after the 45 and highland clearances. Today most of scotlands catholics (750,000) are of irish decent. Many protestants in scotland are also of irish decent( confusingly many have scottish names as scots settled in ireland).These protestants are usually loyal to the queen and the union with england, go on orange walks to celebrate protestantism and the battle of the boyne in 1690, thus the irish catholics hate this and this causes sectarianism in scotland. irish people were generally hated by wide spectrum of the scottish protestant people when they first settled and still are by many.
THE ENGLISH:
most scots and inhabitants of scotland tend to want england to lose at sport
some see this as healthy/friendly rivalry some dont. some scots hate english altogether whereas the majority of scottish nationalists just want scotland to be "free" in the words of mel gibson and independent from the rest of the uk. this frustration however makes many prone to disliking english people. scotland has its own parliament but its powers are mickey mouse and can be over ruled by the uk one.
fact1.- scotland needs more people but not english, anyone else especially those of scots decent.
fact2. - scotland WOULD be better of alone outside the uk like ireland is. reasons include north sea oil reserves remaining and the money the uk would owe back from what its wasted. scotlands potential to be european leader in wind energy.Scotland would not need to spend billions like it is just now on armed forces, scotland doesnt need an army: we'll remain neutral like ireland unlike tony blair. hey if the uk invade the un will deal with it or indeed George.W. will as he is of his proud scots heritage (as most texans are)
UNfortunately too many people in scotland believe the scare tactics the Unionist political parties spew up about independence for scotland and too many are also ignorantly loyal to a certain party i.e irish catholics and labour party( Unionist, yes it is strange isn't it... loyal catholic irishmen....) or indeed loyal to "britishness" and the queen ( orangemen and other english buttkissers) they dont seem to realise their being laughed at by english jingoists.
2.use of Scotlands rich land and resources.
3.her people: hardworking, tough, resilient, intelligent( John Logie baird, look up scottish inventors and you'll get the picture)
4.ruthless.( Look at what the Scots did when they settled in Ulster, Ireland)
5. scootish industrial muscle i.e the clyde shipyards.
Scots are a proud people who litter the globe especially north america and australia.
SECTARIANISM IN SCOTLAND: "THE IRISH CANCER"
Scotland is a divided country however. Religiously scotland was originally catholic but reformed to protestantism. Many remianing catholics emmigrated after the 45 and highland clearances. Today most of scotlands catholics (750,000) are of irish decent. Many protestants in scotland are also of irish decent( confusingly many have scottish names as scots settled in ireland).These protestants are usually loyal to the queen and the union with england, go on orange walks to celebrate protestantism and the battle of the boyne in 1690, thus the irish catholics hate this and this causes sectarianism in scotland. irish people were generally hated by wide spectrum of the scottish protestant people when they first settled and still are by many.
THE ENGLISH:
most scots and inhabitants of scotland tend to want england to lose at sport
some see this as healthy/friendly rivalry some dont. some scots hate english altogether whereas the majority of scottish nationalists just want scotland to be "free" in the words of mel gibson and independent from the rest of the uk. this frustration however makes many prone to disliking english people. scotland has its own parliament but its powers are mickey mouse and can be over ruled by the uk one.
fact1.- scotland needs more people but not english, anyone else especially those of scots decent.
fact2. - scotland WOULD be better of alone outside the uk like ireland is. reasons include north sea oil reserves remaining and the money the uk would owe back from what its wasted. scotlands potential to be european leader in wind energy.Scotland would not need to spend billions like it is just now on armed forces, scotland doesnt need an army: we'll remain neutral like ireland unlike tony blair. hey if the uk invade the un will deal with it or indeed George.W. will as he is of his proud scots heritage (as most texans are)
UNfortunately too many people in scotland believe the scare tactics the Unionist political parties spew up about independence for scotland and too many are also ignorantly loyal to a certain party i.e irish catholics and labour party( Unionist, yes it is strange isn't it... loyal catholic irishmen....) or indeed loyal to "britishness" and the queen ( orangemen and other english buttkissers) they dont seem to realise their being laughed at by english jingoists.
by Big Man of Scotland June 1, 2006
1. A nation : one of two kingdoms (one of four countries) in the United Kingdom
2. A land : northern part of Great Britain (largest island in the british isles) and associated smaller islands
3. A landscape : bloomin' heather, bold mountains, sea lochs, drizzle, sheep, stags wild haggi, and kilted men
4. Our Home :
" In zero 79 A.D.
the Romans sailed across the sea
and they settled in the south.
But when they headed north
they found a people proud and strong
Steaped in fire with passionate song
who would not bend and would belong
to no one but the land they called their home
Our home, a cold and windy home
Our home, that would not bend to Rome
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
Our home, a brisk and stony home
Our home, that would not bend to Rome.
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
And when the Romans turned and fled
‘twas us that sent them hence :
The celts, the picts, the people they had tried
to hamper with a fence
We scaled the walls and crossed the waters
Chased the romans back to Rome
And with the huns, the goths, the meaty
Briskly took apart their home,
our home, our home
Our home, a cold and windy home
Our home, that would not bend to Rome.
The birth place of our bones,
the television and the phone
Our home, a proud and angry home
Our home, where people piss and moan
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
And then in 500 AD the scots fled o’er the Irish seas and founded dalriada
In time the holy father st. coulmba joined the picts, the scots:
all celts together ‘gainst the norse
And Scotland that we proudly claim
to honour and respect became our home
Our home , a cold and windy home
We crowned our kings upon a stone
Our home, the birthplace of our bones, the television and the phone
Our home, we cherish what’s our home
Our home, a sweet and loving home
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
Our home, a cold and windy home
Our home, that would not bend tae Rome.
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
Our home a brisk and stony home,
That would not bend to rome
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home."
- the martians
2. A land : northern part of Great Britain (largest island in the british isles) and associated smaller islands
3. A landscape : bloomin' heather, bold mountains, sea lochs, drizzle, sheep, stags wild haggi, and kilted men
4. Our Home :
" In zero 79 A.D.
the Romans sailed across the sea
and they settled in the south.
But when they headed north
they found a people proud and strong
Steaped in fire with passionate song
who would not bend and would belong
to no one but the land they called their home
Our home, a cold and windy home
Our home, that would not bend to Rome
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
Our home, a brisk and stony home
Our home, that would not bend to Rome.
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
And when the Romans turned and fled
‘twas us that sent them hence :
The celts, the picts, the people they had tried
to hamper with a fence
We scaled the walls and crossed the waters
Chased the romans back to Rome
And with the huns, the goths, the meaty
Briskly took apart their home,
our home, our home
Our home, a cold and windy home
Our home, that would not bend to Rome.
The birth place of our bones,
the television and the phone
Our home, a proud and angry home
Our home, where people piss and moan
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
And then in 500 AD the scots fled o’er the Irish seas and founded dalriada
In time the holy father st. coulmba joined the picts, the scots:
all celts together ‘gainst the norse
And Scotland that we proudly claim
to honour and respect became our home
Our home , a cold and windy home
We crowned our kings upon a stone
Our home, the birthplace of our bones, the television and the phone
Our home, we cherish what’s our home
Our home, a sweet and loving home
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
Our home, a cold and windy home
Our home, that would not bend tae Rome.
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home
Our home a brisk and stony home,
That would not bend to rome
No matter where I ever roam
I’ll carry something of our home."
- the martians
1. Scotland won the rugby.
2. The Romans invaded Scotland
3. My auntie rose sent me a postcard of scotland
4. I live in scotland.
2. The Romans invaded Scotland
3. My auntie rose sent me a postcard of scotland
4. I live in scotland.
by irh January 27, 2009