Are you from...

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Ok, we have all been asked if we are from Scotland, Ireland, and to a lesser extne possibly Wales while wearing a kilt. However, while in London las week, I got a question that really threw me. It was late afternoon on Friday and we had headed over to Covent Gardens to enjoy some shopping and street performers. There was a gent standing on one of the main pedestrian thoroughfares holding a sign advertising cheap theater tickest for local performances. I noticed him and dismissed him from my thoughts. However, as my daughters and I walked by him, he smiled and asked if I was from Norway! Now maybe David (Freelander Sporrano) or Porrick had been by earlier in the week, and the gent had never seen a kilt before, but it had to be the funniest question I have had in a long time.

[Blu (Ontario)]

That is funny... and you're right about the Scotland, Ireland comments. I did get asked if I was English a while back. This was a youngster about 12 years of age... I just smiled and said. "A part of me is."

People are easily confused sometimes.

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[Freelander Sporrano]

Blast! you stumbled on our family "Bid'niz"

"Sandwhich boards for world dominination."

It was one of my many employees...Trust him to give the game away

[Norbydog]

I once had a little girl, with her eyes the size of dinner plates, ask me if I was from France.

[Martin S]

On holiday in various Mediterranean countries, I have been asked if I was Romanian, Mexican, Indian ...

Scotland may have produced many world-famous figures, but few of them are known to have worn a kilt, and for most people northern Britain is just a distant bit desert. Ireland, on the other hand, is known for its music and traditions, and when I get a comment here in France, I am more often labeled Irish than Scottish. With its amazingly fast growth, Ireland is a magnet for lots of young Europeans seeking experience overseas. I have not heard of many going to work in Scotland.
And everyone has heard of Riverdance and Lod of the Dance, of course.

Martin, still trying to put Scotia in the European map.

[Gil Prothero]

i tell them i'm from pennsylvania Amish country..
no one knows...lol

[switchblade5984]

got ireland got scotland but thats it.....

[Alan H]

I get about twice as many "Irish" questions as I do "Scottish" ones, actually.