SCOTTISH CULTURE SHOCKS I LEARNED FROM YOU
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2018
- Some Scottish/UK culture shocks I learned from the comments of my last culture shocks video!
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I am married to a lowland Scot. He has Alzheimer's now and cannot talk. I am from South Carolina, USA. Thank you for these videos. It brings me closer to my husband who cannot express himself, in Scots or in English now. Your videos have helped me connect with him. Bless you!!
"Yous" is the scottish version of "Y'all"
When you said about thanking the bus driver, I couldn't help but think of the "thank you driver" meme, where a Scottish lady thanks the driver in such a funny way.
Loved this video! A lot of the things you mentioned though are quite similar for us in Australia, I didn't realise these little nuances we had in common compared to some other places in the world!
Listening to you, Hen, makes me so wish I was back in Scotland :-)
A most interesting post Erin. A lot of these things I thought were taken for granted as one grows up. One thing I fully fully agree with is posted speed signs. I know some roads are not safe at half the posted speed limit! May your weekend be a good one.
As a person who moved from East Asia, I can confirm Scottish water is one of the best.
Just started watching your channel and love your insights on the Scottish culture My wife and I (both bagpipers) are from Massachsetts and have visited Scotland twice (1994 and 2000). We spent our honeymoon driving all around Scotland for two weeks and absolutely loved it. Fantastic landscapes, very friendly people, fresh air, and rich heritage. Some of the culture shocks we encountered on our trips while staying there:
OMG Erin so glad to hear us Scot’s are still well mannered I moved to London and it’s shocking no queue on the bus roads are mental and there’s no queues anywhere even in shops people push in i was soooo shocked that “British” people aren’t all like us Scots ❤️
Shopping at Tesco’s was also a cultural shock! No queues and the small talk/chats
Great video and very insightful! I've been fortunate to visit several other countries and hoping to visit your beautiful homeland soon. I was a little shocked to learn how many people and cultures DON'T thank the bus drive! I just thought that was something everyone should do. Question; could you do a video of some places someone visiting Scotland could skip, especially if they have limited time? I saw one video on the subject and have to say, it was absolutely hilarious, but would like to see one from your perspective. THANK YOU!
I’m from Texas with Scottish ancestry, way back.... We were raised to thank everyone that does anything for us, even if they were getting paid to do it, waitresses, cleaning crew, grocery checkers, etc. We call our evening meal supper and instead is saying ‘yours’, we say y’all. My Dad and Grandfather were very jovial and if they like you, they would tease you incessantly and to others it might sound insulting, but it was a forming endearment. If they didn’t like you, they wouldn’t feel safe enough to joke with you. I enjoy your videos- thanks
Hi Erin! Your video is great as you've managed to pick out all the things that really surprised me a lot when I first came to live in Scotland 9 years ago. But you forgot one major shock I had to experience - the graveyards in city centres!!! I had never seen that anywhere else in Europe before! I don't know where this idea originally came from to have graveyards in central places around cities/ towns and moms taking a walk / sitting on a bench in the graveyard with their children playing around and eating McDonald's when the weather is sunny...I must admit the sight of it still gives me the chills - hahaha! Don't know if you've ever thought about that... :)
At least in Michigan, US, we have the grocery dividers and yeah, people are pretty obsessed about it, lol. Glad we have tumble dryers, clotheslines are archaic here. Sounds nice if you have the room and time, though.
Greetings from Vancouver! I would say Canada is exactly the same on all these points! The only difference I can say is most people who have a home have a separate clothes washer/dryer in a separate room, and every has both. Of course we do not have "tea" time. Good for thought, though... Looking forward to traveling to Scotland some day!
Scotland and Australia... eerily similar. Most of what you said is the same here in Oz, so that's nice to know for when I'm in Scotland!
Oh so many of these I've had as well!
The divider you put after you have put your stuff in the grocery shop is used a lot in Norway as well. It is easier to distinguish where your stuff end and the next person in line starts.
You scared me a little at first cause I wasn't really able to understand your accent & I'm going to Scotland to study next year 😅 but then about 2-3 minutes in I adjusted and understood everything from there on, thank God!