Why are we Scottish ?

[hiblander]

To be living in a society full of much historical culture and mutual to one's elves nature do we believe in a hate culture ??? Do we really hate hating the other side in such away that it will make you loose sleep ? Or change your attitude to another way of living ? No I guess...but hey at least your no a thief !


http://money.uk.msn.com/insurance/article.aspx?cp-documentid=149162671


Slainte va,
hiblander.

:bye:

[stu in nottingham]

I'm not sure I follow your connection to the link. Interesting thoughts though.

I just wanted to say that I live approximately one mile away from the town centre of Arnold featured at the very top of your link to most burgled places. I'll always call a spade a spade but it really doesn't feel like that here.

[CropleyWasGod]

I'm not sure I follow your connection to the link. Interesting thoughts though.

I just wanted to say that I live approximately one mile away from the town centre of Arnold featured at the very top of your link to most burgled places. I'll always call a spade a spade but it really doesn't feel like that here.

Can you translate the OP for me, then? :devil:

[stu in nottingham]

Can you translate the OP for me, then? :devil:

I think it's something about 'elves'. :wink:

[CropleyWasGod]

I think it's something about 'elves'. :wink:

Fairy nuff.

[stu in nottingham]

Fairy nuff.

Let's not make a hobbit of it.

[CropleyWasGod]

Gnome atter.

[J-C]

To answer to the original question, we are Scottish because the Romans called us the Scots. Before we were a bunch of tribal Pics and Gaels.


Etymology
The word Scotia was used by the Romans (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Ancient_Rome), as early as the 1st century CE, as the name of one of the tribes in what is now Scotland.[53] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-52) The Romans also used Scotia to refer to the Gaels living in Ireland.[54] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-53) The Venerable Bede (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Bede) (c. 672 or 673 – 27 May, 735) uses the word Scottorum for the nation from Ireland (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Ireland) who settled part of the Pictish (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Pictish) lands: "Scottorum nationem in Pictorum parte recipit." This we can infer to mean the arrival of the people, also known as the Gaels (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Gaels), in the Kingdom of Dál Riata, in the western edge of Scotland. It is of note that Bede used the word natio (nation) for the Scots, where he often refers to other peoples, such as the Picts, with the word gens (race).[55] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-54) In the 10th century Anglo Saxon Chronicle (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Anglo_Saxon_Chronicle), the word Scot is mentioned as a reference to the "Land of the Gaels". The word Scottorum was again used by an Irish (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Irish_people) king in 1005: Imperator Scottorum was the title given to Brian Bóruma (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Brian_Boru) by his notary, Mael Suthain, in the Book of Armagh.[56] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-55) This style was subsequently copied by the Scottish kings. Basileus (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Basileus) Scottorum appears on the great seal of King Edgar (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Edgar_of_Scotland) (1074–1107).[57] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-56) Alexander I (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Scotland) (c. 1078–1124) used the words Rex (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Rex) Scottorum on his great seal, as did many of his successors up to and including James II (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/James_II_of_Scotland).[58] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-57)
In modern times the words Scot and Scottish are applied mainly to inhabitants of Scotland. The possible ancient Irish connotations are largely forgotten. The language known as Ulster Scots (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Ulster_Scots), spoken in parts of northeastern Ireland, is the result of 17th and 18th century immigration to Ireland from Scotland.
In the English language, the word Scotch (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scotch) is a term to describe a thing from Scotland, such as Scotch whisky. However, when referring to people, the preferred term is Scots (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scots). Many Scottish people find the term Scotch to be offensive when applied to people.[59] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-Scotch_Off-58) The Oxford Dictionary describes Scotch as an old-fashioned term for "Scottish".[60] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-OED_Scotch-59)


The Scots people (Scots Gaelic (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scots_Gaelic): Albannach) are a nation (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Nation)[12] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-11) and an ethnic group (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Ethnic_group) indigenous to Scotland (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scotland).
Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Picts (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Picts), Gaels (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Gaels), Brythons (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Brythons) and to a lesser extent Bernician Angles (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Angles) and Norsemen (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Norsemen).
In modern use "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone born in Scotland. In another sense, it applies to people who are descended from the Scots and who identify ethnically (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Ethnically) as Scots. While the Latin word Scoti[13] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-12) originally applied to a particular, 5th century, Gaelic (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Gaels) tribe that inhabited Ireland[14] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-13)[dubious (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Wikipedia:Disputed_statement) – discuss (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Talk:Scottish_people#Dubious)] and later in history became confused with the Gaelic (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic) language until the 15th century (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/15th_century). Today the term Scots is used to describe all Scottish people. Though usually considered archaic (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Archaism) or pejorative (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Pejorative), the term Scotch (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scotch) has also been incorrectly used for the Scottish people, but this use has been primarily by people outwith Scotland.[15] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-14)[16] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-15)[17] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-16)
There are people of Scottish descent in many countries other than Scotland. Emigration (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Emigration), influenced by factors such as the Highland (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Highland_Clearances) and Lowland Clearances (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Lowland_Clearances), and the formation of the British Empire (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/British_Empire), resulted in Scottish people being found throughout the world. Large populations of Scottish people settled the new-world lands of North (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/North_America) and South America (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/South_America), Australia (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Australia) and New Zealand (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/New_Zealand), with a large Scottish presence particularly noticeable in Canada (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Canada). They took with them their Scottish languages (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scottish_languages) and culture (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scottish_culture).[18] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-17)
Scotland has seen migration and settlement of peoples at different periods in its history (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/History_of_Scotland). The Dalriadic Gaels, the Picts and the Britons had respective origin myths, like most Dark Age European peoples.[19] (http://www.hibs.net/message/#cite_note-18)[dubious (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Wikipedia:Disputed_statement) – discuss (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Talk:Scottish_people#Dubious)] Germanic (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Germanic_peoples) people such as Angles (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Angles) and Saxons (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Saxons) arrived beginning in the 7th century while the Norse (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Norsemen) settled many regions of Scotland from the 8th century onwards.[dubious (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Wikipedia:Disputed_statement) – discuss (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Talk:Scottish_people#Dubious)] In the High Middle Ages (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Scotland_in_the_High_Middle_Ages), from the reign of David I of Scotland (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/David_I_of_Scotland), there was some immigration from France (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/France), England (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/England) and the Low Countries (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Low_Countries). Many famous Scottish family names, including those bearing the names which became Bruce (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Bruce), Balliol (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Balliol), Murray (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Murray) and Stewart (http://www.hibs.net/wiki/Stewart) came to Scotland at this time.

[Phil D. Rolls]

Gnome atter.

You've made a sprite start.

[M222+]

You should join this DNA project and see what people you match and see what tribe you descend from.

http://www.scottishdna.net/

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Scottishdna/default.aspx

[Phil D. Rolls]

Why? Because we like it.:greengrin