I'm not Scottish

**Bugbear** · 20th November 08, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Yep, you're wrong!

www.cowboyceltic.com

http://www.highlandclearances.info/c...d_bandanas.htm

todd

That actually pleases me a great deal. Thanks, Todd.

**O'Callaghan** · 20th November 08, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Yep, you're wrong!

www.cowboyceltic.com

http://www.highlandclearances.info/c...d_bandanas.htm

todd

I had always wondered why there seemed to be so many ethnic Scots in Texas. Now I know!

**Bugbear** · 20th November 08, 03:58 PM

They're everywhere! What do we do now!

Scots in ten gallon hats... Oh dear. Maybe we're not so un-Scottish after all.

Guess that's what happens when you are splattered with several cultures from all over the world.

**morrison** · 20th November 08, 04:39 PM

One of my favorite quips to the "Are you from Scotland, are you Scots?" questions is;
"I'm only about 6000 miles away from Scotland. I'm sure there's a tainting of the bloodline somewhere along the ancestral lineage!"

**Nervous Jock** · 21st November 08, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by Matty Ross

I am Matty Ross of the Clan ROSS

Thats a pretty good answer, covers all bases

**Geoff Withnell** · 21st November 08, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Yep, you're wrong!

www.cowboyceltic.com

http://www.highlandclearances.info/c...d_bandanas.htm

todd

I love the Cowboy Celtic music. And Denise Withnell (one of the band) is distantly related!

Geoff Withnell

**English Bloke** · 21st November 08, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

... For some reason, I doubt there are many Scots over in Scotland claiming to be "cowboys" or what ever the world calls us out here in the Southwest. I could be completely wrong about that though.

...

Just thought I'd drop this into the muddy pool

**Bugbear** · 21st November 08, 05:26 PM

Well there it is, Scottish line dancing in cowboy hats. You know, Bloke, we do have cowgirls out here too. I would guess the square dancing has it's roots in Celtic dancing.

**sirdaniel1975** · 21st November 08, 05:29 PM

Let me start by saying, I haven't read this entire thread. But I do see what the points are in both side of the coin.

I am an American, and my family on my fathers side has been American for 2 generations for my English grandmothers part and three generations for my Scottish Grandfathers part. We've been American for four generations in all directions on my mothers side. A mix of German and Irish ancestry. Both parts of my family are post Civil War emigrants.

OK....

You can be an American national, but you can not be ethnically an American. The melting pot that is America is ever changing, yes even today and is headed in a more Hispanic direction than anything else.

You can have American heritage, but you can not be ethnically an American.. as previously stated. America has its own holidays and traditions and customs = American Heritage.

I know when people ask me if I'm Scottish (usually because I'm wearing a Kilt), I say my grandfathers family on my father's side was from Scotland. Which is 100% true. In just about 130 years of all my families American ancestry, I am a mix of English-Scottish-Irish-German ethnicity!

One could simplify it and say "I'm European-American!"

Just like there are "Hispanic-Americans" , "African-Americans" , "Asian-Americans" , etc....

This mix that is America, is part of what makes America so great!