Q "Do you have 4th July where you are from?"
A Yes, and we also have 5th July, 6th July,.......
Q "Do you celebrate 4th July in Holland?"
A Well, Independance Day is actually a celebration of the United States of America gaining their independance from rule by Great Britain (of which Scotland, where I come from, is a part) so no, we don't celebrate 4th July and I'm pretty sure that Holland don't celebrate it either.
Q "So Scotland is part of England right?"
A ~silence~
Q "Do you have hillbillies/rednecks in Scotland?"
A1 Yes, we call them Aberdonians.
A2 Yes, we call them 'neds'.
(note, I may have to change my answer to this after reading up on the origins of the terms 'hillbilly' and 'redneck', see two posts down for more info.)
Q "Do you have Christmas in Scotland?"
A When I stop laughing, I usually point out that Christmas is (or should be) a Christian celebration and that Christianity is an almost worldwide religion, so yes, we celebrate Christmas too.
Anyway, I hope that gave you a giggle. Here are some fantastic zazzle products that celebrate 4th July for you to browse:
3 comments:
That's too funny. Some people are sort of ignorant, haha.
Aside from not knowing much about other people's cultures, they show remarkably little knowledge about their own!
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Your post also reminds me of a story. A couple of my friends and I were on the train from Nice to Pisa and we were in a compartment with 2 young women. I started wondering what country they were from. Clearly they weren't speaking French or Italian. It wasn't German. Hungarian? Not sure. Finally, near the end of our journey I caught a couple words. They were Scottish! (It's a hard accent for American ears.)
Oh my Mr Picklesworth!! lol. yes, when I have been abroad in several countries, people have thought that I was German because of the accent. It does a good job of confusing the touts and hawkers in tourist hotspots so I don't mind at all.
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