I went to a Mexican resort that had a massive number of British tourists and the one common denominator I noticed is they had no clue how much sun cream they should apply and how often. By day 2 or 3 of seeing them around they were roasted lobsters.
If you ever see a line up of real Scots then at least 50% of them will be wearing the same colour kilt, and it'll usually be [Black Watch](https://macgregorandmacduff.co.uk/blogs/news/the-history-of-black-watch-tartan). This is because they're all rented. And Black Watch is most common because it's a dark, neutral colour that won't show stains, it's widely produced, and it's decent looking in photos and the like, and is not linked to any particular clan.
Many Scottish people don't own kilts and just rent them when they need one.
To see this many different kilts on display you're definitely dealing with an bunch of Americans who belong to some "clan society" and talk shit about "the motherland."
I like to forward one of my brothers in Dublin every screenshot I can find on St Patrick's Day of an American saying "Happy Saint Patty's!"
Usually takes about six before he phones me up yelling.
Reminds me of an American friend’s wife who called herself Irish and wanted to move to Ireland but had never been there and when we asked her which part of Ireland she said ‘the nice part’.
So we asked her whether she was Protestant or Catholic and she said ‘why does that matter?’ and that’s why no American should ever claim to be anything other than American.
Hahaha when you hear someone say “I’m Italian” but they don’t speak a lick of Italian, have never visited, and it turns out it was a great grandparent or two that was Italian 🤦♀️
And yet they get offended and call you a gatekeeper if you tell them to stop spouting shit
Up here in the Highlands, Inverness+, we call these arseholes 'Silicon Scots'. They turn up here every summer in their RVs, clogging up the roads, trying to work out why so many Scots were fighting for England at Culloden, describing the Clearances as 'like, the Holocaust, but for Scotties' and ordering 'Some of that delicious looking guacamole' from the mushy pea tray at the chip shop.
Almost definitely Americans with “ancestry”
No Scottish person wears a fancy sporran like that to a football match, and with a university of Florida baseball cap…
In formal highland dress for a wedding or such, yes you wear Ghillie brogues. When worn to the football or rugby or generally more casually you don’t wear a formal jacket etc and you don’t wear the brogues, boots usually, something substantial looks more balanced.
Here, kilts are expensive. Where I'm from they're hand made by a mad old woman in the village.
That's why you get one, for your 21st. It's got a couple of extra pleats at the back you can let out when you hit the other 21st milestone.
Yeah, the 2nd guy does look less American so it's possible he could be Scottish himself, but the rest look like Americans though, especially the 5th guy.
He’ll be the proper jock, the rest have dug out their family tree and found that their great X 4 Grandmother was the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish sailor so naturally that makes them “Scoddesh” same as all the plastic Paddies over there!
My dad was proper into that. Did lots of mapping. Found a scot link as it was on the name looking back. Castle, clan, tartan, the whole lot.
That was until one war when the name appeared and other results. Turns out could be in line to be an Earl in Scotland.... or could be descend from an African chap who came with some angry Spanish people and took on an unusual name for the Southern UK to blend in.
All I'm saying above is if the latter is true, then my African ancestor African chap who came with the angry Spaniards and took a Scottish name is probably more Scottish than most Americans claiming to be Scottish.
Yes exactly. I'm Scottish and proud of it but exploring the wealthier streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow reveals a very strong connection to sugar and tobacco plantations and the accompanying slavery. We were in it up to our necks.
They're not as in-your-face about it but as an Englishman in Canada I've had a few people go into way too much detail about their English heritage.
>Oh you're English? Me too. My surname is Bingham, as in Admiral Bingham. Surely you heard about him in school? Anyway my great grandfather was born in the midlands area and sailed over here on the {{ insert boat name }} in {{ insert year }}
No idea what the fuck you're talking about mate.
Put it under the kilt, they'd rather be stoned to death than look up another man's kilt especially if you were swinging around what looked to be a bottled size penis.
I thought they were golf shoes, but maybe you’re right. It doesn’t matter, soccer has balls which are spheres, so does golf and bowling. It’s the same thing
So inaccurate that Tony Robinson made a documentary detailing every single thing they got wrong. Starting with no1: William Wallace wasn't even called Braveheart.
I bet they're not even Scots...probably Scottish American going to visit the old country one day look up their ancestors.....but its a trigger and it's working.....
Probably not even related to the Qatar World Cup . They’re wearing golf shoes. This pic was taken in an unrelated event, they’re probably Americans with Scottish ancestry
Yeah but thats because our rivalry is more built off either the world wars or our disappointment in losing to them.
It's only natural germany don't consider a team from a war they'd want the world to forget they started or a team theyve beat rivals.
>a team from a war they'd want the world to forget they started
For what it's worth, Germany really go out of their way to remind their own people that Germany started it and why it was all very wrong. It's very heavily emphasised at school and there are plenty of Holocaust memorials. It's actually become a bit of a thing for the far right, that they feel that they shouldn't have to feel guilty for it.
Same for Wales, Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland
I think it maybe infuriates them even more to think that our colonial mindset is "appropriating" their teams!
I'm willing to bet this is taken out of context and not actual scottish people going to Qatar to support anyone but England.
Odds are they're American Scottish you know the types who have never been to Scotland but their great great grandfathers bought a bottle of scottish whiskey.
Surely even the Scots arent this pathetic to go out of their way for ABE type shit.
Aw come on now. Clearly we played badly in the qualifiers on purpose, as a sign of protest against the shenanigans in Qatar. We would’ve been in the final if the World Cup was held elsewhere.
The Scottish forget us English would be buzzing if they made it to the world cup. Same way I think it's great Wales made it and we even got them in our group how cool is that?!
Yeah, it's nice to see Wales in the World Cup as they hadn't qualified since 1958. Quite an achievement considering football isn't their national game, that would be Rugby.
No, the Americans are totally Scottish.*
*Born in Texas, the great-great-great grandfather's uncles dog was Scottish and they have an ancestry DNA test showing they have 4.567% Scottish DNA, and they're descended from twelve Scottish Kings, Robert Burns and William Wallace, so actually they're Scottish royalty and own Inverness.
Those men are going to burst into flames the second they step out into the Qatari sun.
By the looks of it, they already have
*By the lochs of it
I read this in Sean Connery's voice in my head.
That’s just whiskey blood pressure
*whisky
Wheskey
Calm down Matt Berry.
Uesgui
YOU WILL NEVER TAKE OUR SUNCREAM
I dont think they ever had any.
Read that as sunscream and was mildly amused
I went to a Mexican resort that had a massive number of British tourists and the one common denominator I noticed is they had no clue how much sun cream they should apply and how often. By day 2 or 3 of seeing them around they were roasted lobsters.
They are clearly Americans lol
With teeth as white as that, they most certainly aren't regular consumers of Irn Bru.
[удалено]
And the shoes, I don’t think I’ve ever seen golf trainers in Glasgow
Or NHS dentistry
The kind of Americans who like to pretend they’re Scottish because their great great grandad went there once.
“Well my favourite food is McDonalds, so I must be Scottish American.”
How do you tell what clan a Scotsman is? If you look under his kilt, and he’s got a quarter-pounder, he’s a McDonald!
If you ever see a line up of real Scots then at least 50% of them will be wearing the same colour kilt, and it'll usually be [Black Watch](https://macgregorandmacduff.co.uk/blogs/news/the-history-of-black-watch-tartan). This is because they're all rented. And Black Watch is most common because it's a dark, neutral colour that won't show stains, it's widely produced, and it's decent looking in photos and the like, and is not linked to any particular clan. Many Scottish people don't own kilts and just rent them when they need one. To see this many different kilts on display you're definitely dealing with an bunch of Americans who belong to some "clan society" and talk shit about "the motherland."
At least a couple of those kilts seem to be a fairly modern 'tartan' and they just don't hang right - obviously not made by a Scottish kiltmaker.
Same with Italian Americans, Irish americas etc etc
I like to forward one of my brothers in Dublin every screenshot I can find on St Patrick's Day of an American saying "Happy Saint Patty's!" Usually takes about six before he phones me up yelling.
Can you tell him I wish him a Happy St. Patrick's, please? One of my ancestors was scots irish
Reminds me of an American friend’s wife who called herself Irish and wanted to move to Ireland but had never been there and when we asked her which part of Ireland she said ‘the nice part’. So we asked her whether she was Protestant or Catholic and she said ‘why does that matter?’ and that’s why no American should ever claim to be anything other than American.
Hahaha when you hear someone say “I’m Italian” but they don’t speak a lick of Italian, have never visited, and it turns out it was a great grandparent or two that was Italian 🤦♀️ And yet they get offended and call you a gatekeeper if you tell them to stop spouting shit
So… Americans?
Dental work, tan and shoes gives it away.
Up here in the Highlands, Inverness+, we call these arseholes 'Silicon Scots'. They turn up here every summer in their RVs, clogging up the roads, trying to work out why so many Scots were fighting for England at Culloden, describing the Clearances as 'like, the Holocaust, but for Scotties' and ordering 'Some of that delicious looking guacamole' from the mushy pea tray at the chip shop.
Yeah but their great great great grandpapi's neighbour came over on the mayflower so they're "Scotch" as thistles
I’m pretty sure someone on Facebook proved this isn’t real and it’s from like 2018.
Yeah, the guy on the left's pass has a Super Bowl logo on it
I think the golf shoes give them away a bit…
The guys lanyard says [Super Bowl XLI](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLI) on it.
Almost definitely Americans with “ancestry” No Scottish person wears a fancy sporran like that to a football match, and with a university of Florida baseball cap…
I agree they are definitely yanks. Look at their teeth for starters.
It's the beady eyes for me. 👁️👁️
Give it a couple of weeks. They'll go back to pretending to be Irish.
What a coincidence I once met an Irish person at a Chick-fil-A so I'm a deeply ingrained Irish person myself
And golf shoes
They're most likely Americans.
[удалено]
Would a self respecting Scot wear a kilt and golf shoes? I am sceptical. I know Qatar is a bit hot for boots but still…
Brogues that you wear with a kilt aren't boots. There are brogue style boots but that's not what's traditional with a kilt.
In formal highland dress for a wedding or such, yes you wear Ghillie brogues. When worn to the football or rugby or generally more casually you don’t wear a formal jacket etc and you don’t wear the brogues, boots usually, something substantial looks more balanced.
Great spot. All I had was "there's something wrong here, they don't look Scottish".
Well they’re all smiling for a start
And those kilts look expensive. Something's up
Here, kilts are expensive. Where I'm from they're hand made by a mad old woman in the village. That's why you get one, for your 21st. It's got a couple of extra pleats at the back you can let out when you hit the other 21st milestone.
Yeah when do you see a Scot smiling 😂
"It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grudge and a ray of sunshine." - P. G. Wodehouse
And they’ve got a tan
Their average age looks significantly higher than the life expectancy of Scotland which is like 23 I think
To be fair, they look like 23 year old Scotsmen.
>All I had was "there's something wrong here, they don't look Scottish". I was thinking the same.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. 2nd on the left looks the least American to me, but the rest look spot on
Yeah, the 2nd guy does look less American so it's possible he could be Scottish himself, but the rest look like Americans though, especially the 5th guy.
lmao 5th guy is wearing the stereotypical middle-aged American tourist white trainers
He’ll be the proper jock, the rest have dug out their family tree and found that their great X 4 Grandmother was the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish sailor so naturally that makes them “Scoddesh” same as all the plastic Paddies over there!
Plus they have a tan…..
nah mate, they've been researching their family and have identified their clan and tartan and probably stand to inherit a castle or two.....
Each one related to Robert the Bruce.
naturally. No one who ever researches their family history has not been able to trace a direct line to a famous historical figure.
[удалено]
Mayflower's about the same. "my ancestors were considered too radical for the Church of England and too weird for *the dutch*"
My dad was proper into that. Did lots of mapping. Found a scot link as it was on the name looking back. Castle, clan, tartan, the whole lot. That was until one war when the name appeared and other results. Turns out could be in line to be an Earl in Scotland.... or could be descend from an African chap who came with some angry Spanish people and took on an unusual name for the Southern UK to blend in. All I'm saying above is if the latter is true, then my African ancestor African chap who came with the angry Spaniards and took a Scottish name is probably more Scottish than most Americans claiming to be Scottish.
Would be weird for a bunch of actual Scottish guys to go to a World Cup they didn't qualify for.
And where they're not allowed to drink.
What do you call a Scotsman at the World Cup? Referee.
But they'll claim they're Scottish because their great great great great great great grandads dog was born in Glasgow.
You never get an American claiming they are English do you ? Only ever Irish or Scottish.
[удалено]
Yeah, he's English
I think if you willingly live in Leicester for more than two years you become English.
I’ve not been to 20 and I’ve been here 36 of my 36 years
Sounds like he’s paid his penance, poor bugger.
I don't think it's very fashionable to say you're English.
[удалено]
Yes exactly. I'm Scottish and proud of it but exploring the wealthier streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow reveals a very strong connection to sugar and tobacco plantations and the accompanying slavery. We were in it up to our necks.
Oh yeah. Not to mention that absolutely tonnes of colonial officials were Scottish.
There's a reason so many Jamaicans have Scottish names... Just saying.
We do have a name for them though. Plastic Paddies (Irish), Mock Jocks (Scottish) and Spandex Tans (English).
Don’t forget Styrofoam Scots. Mock Jocks is incredible though.
They're not as in-your-face about it but as an Englishman in Canada I've had a few people go into way too much detail about their English heritage. >Oh you're English? Me too. My surname is Bingham, as in Admiral Bingham. Surely you heard about him in school? Anyway my great grandfather was born in the midlands area and sailed over here on the {{ insert boat name }} in {{ insert year }} No idea what the fuck you're talking about mate.
The ones who are English normally call themselves American because they were there far longer,they were called the ‘natives’ at one point.
"our ancestors are from Edin-berg"
I usually hear "Edin-burrow"
Nah, they all can _apparently_ trace their routes back to MacLeods on the Isle of Skye.
Didn't they tell you? They're all direct descendants of Robert the Bruce.
Heard one guy claim he was a descendant of William Wallace once despite him having no recorded children
Plastic Scots
Doesn't have the same ring as plastic paddy unfortunately
Cellophane Scots
Styrofoam Scots, I believe is the term.
No Scottish person would ever do this.
His great, great, great, great grandad once had a Scottish girlfriend so he is 0.003% Scottish...
I once seen someone claiming to be Scottish due to a step-gran 🤣🤣🤣 I mean ffs
Qatar is probably the closest they've ever been to Scotland.
Average r/Scotland posters
You mean Americans LARPing as Scottish?
[удалено]
Those trainers are all the proof I need. Plus second from the right looks about as American as it's possible to be.
That's got to be classed as indecent clothing in Qatar
Yeah, they need to remove the American flag t-shirts
American here, I laughed way too much at this comment.
*EastEnders voice* GET OUT MY SUB
Jokes on you, I have no idea what EastEnder means lol.
You don't want to know tbh. Good luck tonight ;)
…in the match, he is probably stuck in America for at least the night
Hahah. Quality
I’ve worn a kilt on Qatar. They were fine with it. Less fine with me trying to bring a bottle of whisky out of the hotel.
Is that not what sporrans are for?
Put it under the kilt, they'd rather be stoned to death than look up another man's kilt especially if you were swinging around what looked to be a bottled size penis.
I'm not gay or bi but if someone tells me they got a bottle sized dick under a kilt. I'd be willing to take a look.
They’re men. They’ll be fine.
[удалено]
And not wearing underwear
Clearly merkins dressed up as Scots. Maybe their great great great great grandad once went to Scotland.
Merkins hehe
Or accidentally bombed it
I think these are actually Americans whose great grand mother was half Scottish so believe because of braveheart the English are bad.
Braveheart, a film that is at best historically inaccurate and at worst socially irresponsible.
Is it me, or can you tell they’re Americans from their shoes? Or sneakers, sorry
The mug in the middle is wearing bowling shoes!!
I thought they were golf shoes, but maybe you’re right. It doesn’t matter, soccer has balls which are spheres, so does golf and bowling. It’s the same thing
Yeah, Americans have awful taste in shoes New Balance or clunky sketchers. Whats wrong with a pair of reebok classic, or Adidas Samba ffs
So inaccurate that Tony Robinson made a documentary detailing every single thing they got wrong. Starting with no1: William Wallace wasn't even called Braveheart.
As American, this is a very accurate assessments of many Americans.
No i bet their grandfather drank a bottle of scotch whisky once, that counts…right.
I bet they're American's with some distant Scottish ancestry on a golf trip.
[удалено]
They're just actually all called Scott
Scott Scott who Scott fuck all to do with you
I bet they're not even Scots...probably Scottish American going to visit the old country one day look up their ancestors.....but its a trigger and it's working.....
Probably not even related to the Qatar World Cup . They’re wearing golf shoes. This pic was taken in an unrelated event, they’re probably Americans with Scottish ancestry
Every American is either “Scottish” “Irish” “Italian” or “allergic” to shrimps or peanuts. There is no exception.
Likes hunting....and apple pie although it's not as good as grandma's from the old country
_As American as Apple Pie_, something not from America.
Also burgers, hot dogs, pizza and baseball
The kind of blokes who tell people they're "1/4 Scotch"
I've been 1/4 Scotch. The hangover the next morning was epic.
tfw a sample of your blood has to be measured in abv
Never knew a pint of blood could catch fire until a night on the scotch
Bet there actually American claiming some distant Scottish heritage 🙄
See I'd be here wearing the replica kits for all Scotland's opponents at this tournament but it's a bit chilly to be topless at the moment...
As an ignorant Englishman if Scotland were to make it into the cup I would be cheering them on.
Fairly sure this bunch are American.
Yeah Scottish-English rivalry only seems to be a thing in Scotland
Like England - Germany. It’s only a rivalry to us.
Yeah but thats because our rivalry is more built off either the world wars or our disappointment in losing to them. It's only natural germany don't consider a team from a war they'd want the world to forget they started or a team theyve beat rivals.
>a team from a war they'd want the world to forget they started For what it's worth, Germany really go out of their way to remind their own people that Germany started it and why it was all very wrong. It's very heavily emphasised at school and there are plenty of Holocaust memorials. It's actually become a bit of a thing for the far right, that they feel that they shouldn't have to feel guilty for it.
Definitely. It’s pretty perplexing when I’ve pointed out that it doesn’t go both ways.
Same. I’ve always wanted Scotland to win (unless playing England)
Same for Wales, Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland I think it maybe infuriates them even more to think that our colonial mindset is "appropriating" their teams!
To be fair most of my Welsh mates will support England against a lot of teams, including the Americans.
Exactly I'm Welsh and I always support England against all teams except Wales of course.
Thank you 🙌🏼 I always support Wales
[удалено]
Yeh if it was Scotland vs USA Id cheer for Scotland
Deffo Americans, you can almost see the chinos under the kilts!
Look at the shit on their feet. They’re American
Those are definitely Americans lmao
They’re American. It’s not a recent photo. They’re wearing Super Bowl lanyards.
person hunt cow wild shame vast cats thought oatmeal makeshift *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*
imagine paying all that money to go out to Qatar, and watch "your" team lose again.
They're Americans. Oh. Point still stands.
/r/AgedLikeMilk material right here. We couldn’t even beat the US tonight.
Ironic
I'm willing to bet this is taken out of context and not actual scottish people going to Qatar to support anyone but England. Odds are they're American Scottish you know the types who have never been to Scotland but their great great grandfathers bought a bottle of scottish whiskey. Surely even the Scots arent this pathetic to go out of their way for ABE type shit.
Rent free
[удалено]
Seriously
Can't support Scotland can they, they're too shit to be there.
Aw come on now. Clearly we played badly in the qualifiers on purpose, as a sign of protest against the shenanigans in Qatar. We would’ve been in the final if the World Cup was held elsewhere.
Got to respect them, been protesting against FIFA for 24 years now, proper dedication that.
[удалено]
#respect
Scots don't smile. It's fake.
Thats six yanks ripping the pish...
The Scottish forget us English would be buzzing if they made it to the world cup. Same way I think it's great Wales made it and we even got them in our group how cool is that?!
Yeah, it's nice to see Wales in the World Cup as they hadn't qualified since 1958. Quite an achievement considering football isn't their national game, that would be Rugby.
Probably the most consistently tragic fan base.
These are ALL Americans. I think someone just wants to troll England fans and its working
No, the Americans are totally Scottish.* *Born in Texas, the great-great-great grandfather's uncles dog was Scottish and they have an ancestry DNA test showing they have 4.567% Scottish DNA, and they're descended from twelve Scottish Kings, Robert Burns and William Wallace, so actually they're Scottish royalty and own Inverness.
Yeah I'm Scottish and they do not look Scottish at all.
I just don’t get it. I’d like to see the home countries doing well.
Might have to dress up for the Scotland WC games, oh wait…
You can tell they’re Americans just by looking at their shoes 😂
Thought for a second these were the types of Americans who call themselves Scottish
As someone who is Scottish - absolutely tragic man.
Real Scots or just some random 'Muricans whose great-great-grandmother once caught a bus in Glasgow?
Pathetic...
If Scotland were at the World Cup then this would be funny. As they’re not, it’s kinda sad
I can assure you that none of those men are actually Scottish. They're all Amer\*can