National Anthems

[IanM]

I'm from Scotland, but don't consider myself a Scot.

You should. Most of the most famous and proud Scots never set foot in the place

 

[IanMcC]

Birkie, a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered person (usually a woman). Sometimes used facetiously to a lively child. [Prob. connected with Birk, v.1, to give a tart answer.]

 

[rudebhoy]

I'm from Scotland, but don't consider myself a Scot.

Why don’t you think of yourself as Scottish? If the answer is because you think of yourself as British, plenty do both, they are not mutually exclusive.

 

[KenL]

I'm from Scotland but my nationality is British.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I had two grandparents from Aberdeen and two from South Wales valleys.
I was born in England and have lived in England for all my life except for one year in Swansea.

I am British.
I'm happy to accept being English, but feel I have to acknowledge my family history of being not English.
As a child I grew up with occasionally Welsh and Scottish words and phrases being spoken in the home and different sports teams being supported.

I would feel a bit of a fraud to declare myself as either Welsh or Scottish. I have never been fully absorbed in those cultures.
But it most certainly irks me when I encounter anti-Welsh or anti-Scottish sentiments being expressed.

"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" is by far my favourite anthem.

 

[KenL]

Live in Scotland and you'll experience plenty anti-English sentiment.