Dude, who even knows.

23rd July 2014

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(He was like “but after three generations they should be just American” and I was like “how long have your ancestors been British and you’re still Scottish” and he was like, seriously affronted, but that was the point)

Tagged: nationalismthe scotsman

  1. enki2 reblogged this from argumate
  2. franklyautistic reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    Right, thanks, I knew I was missing some context. I don’t think the analogy is particularly strong because Scottish...
  3. bendini1 reblogged this from argumate
  4. squareallworthy reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    Given that the Angles immigrated to Britain and were cut off from their Germanic homeland and culture many, many...
  5. kontextmaschine reblogged this from franklyautistic and added:
    It’s a followup to this in which the Scotsman asks me to explain the significance of “African-American”, this just...
  6. baconmancr reblogged this from argumate
  7. oops-is-my-life reblogged this from andmaybegayer
  8. ardwynna said: The connotations become more of ethnicity than of nationality over time, in my experience. Transplanted people love having roots.
  9. mythicalmobster reblogged this from the-real-seebs
  10. octopuscato reblogged this from the-real-seebs and added:
    I see. It’s by no means the same, but probably similar enough to make a loose comparison.
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  12. soilrockslove reblogged this from octopuscato and added:
    possibly diaspora ? like get what you are saying , and especially how it applies to scotland, but if it worked exactly...
  13. psychochromatic reblogged this from the-real-seebs
  14. the-real-seebs reblogged this from octopuscato and added:
    You are: Scotland is still Scotland, and people who live there are also surrounded by and living Scottish culture, which...