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Can you call a Scottish person British?
People born in Scotland are called Scottish or British and can say that they live in Scotland, Britain and/or the UK. Most people in Scotland will say they are Scottish rather than British. People born in Wales are called Welsh or British and can say that they live in Wales, Britain and/or the UK.
What nationality are you if you are born in Scotland?
British
Nationality law is reserved to Westminster, and all residents of Scotland are British citizens.
Why is there a cultural difference between England and Scotland?
Nowadays, the differences are much less pronounced. This is due to a combination of modernisation in the West in general and also due to English cultural hegemony over Scotland for many hundreds of years, culminating with the Act of Union where Scotland and England were joined as the United Kingdom.
What is the difference between the English and Scottish attitude towards society?
The English – especially the Southern English have an entirely different attitude to “Society” than the Scots In Scotland “arguing” is almost a common pastime – the English don’t seem to enjoy a good argument as much!
Are people from the Highlands and islands more Scottish or English?
People who live in Cumberland (or Cumbria, these days) which is in England, are often more Scots than the lowland Scots just over the border. Those who live in the Highlands and Islands have different cultures from the English city dweller by force of weather and the nature of their employment.
Do Scottish people have their own accent?
Scottish people do have our own accent (or collective or relatively similar sounding accents) but we also have two languages other than English. One being Scots which is a sort of Scottish influenced archaic form of English and spoken by around 1,500,000 people (although there is some debate over it being a dialect or a language).