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They say Scotland is a land of immeasurable beauty, inspiring history, and immense wit. To get a glimpse of the first two, you can watch Braveheart. But to experience the third, you can simply go on Twitter (now X)—some people even say Scottish Twitter is arguably the nation’s finest export. We know you think it’s scotch, but scroll through this list, and then we’ll talk.
The subreddit named Scottish People Twitter has been making headlines online since its creation in 2015. It started by collecting tweets like “maw bought aldi shower gel that smells like fairy liquid so I’ve been cutting about all day smelling like a f**ing plate” and “Can live wi paying 5p for one but am sick of having to f**in light the beacons of Gondor to summon someone anytime I want a bag in Asda” and quickly grew into a 700K-member community, enjoying a good laugh when they see one.
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Clever Cat
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We All Need A Little Confidence Boost
#3
Mask Up, Ya Bams
Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
Same maskless moron in the queue in the US, security guards often say naught!
Bored Panda spoke with Reddit user Veloglasgow, one of the moderators of r/ScottishPeopleTwitter, to get a better understanding of the content on the subreddit. “Scots generally have a dark, dry, and direct sense of humor,” they said. “Observational comedy where someone points out something that everyone accepts as day-to-day reality but which would be absurd to an outside observer also goes down well.”
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Our Currency Is The Best!
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He's Been Well Done There
#6
What Freedom Is Aw Aboot
Veloglasgow said that posts where people are sarcastically replying to other tweets are probably most representative of real-world Scottish humor.
“Most posts that make it through the mod queue are representative. Any posts that use ‘fooken’ or ‘fecking’ for fu*ken/fu*king are generally removed as no Scot hears how we say those words as that way phonetically,” the moderator explained.
Examining the many social and cultural features of Scottish Twitter, journalist Eve Livingston said it has provided a medium for the written Scots language to evolve in a way that wasn’t possible before the advent of social media.
“Scots was the national language of a country that doesn’t exist anymore,” writer and presenter Alistair Heather, who writes a Scots column in Scotland’s The National newspaper, explained. “As Scotland was amalgamated into Great Britain, Scots fell away from being a national language because it didn’t have a nation anymore.”
Heather said that until relatively recently, Scottish opinion-formers in news and media were [mostly] based in England and not plugged into working-class or rural Scotland at all, so they didn’t see Scots language as a contemporary issue in Scotland.
“[But] it’s gaining a lot of legitimacy and validity through social media as a private expression [while] finding a public sphere.”
#10
What Windows?
#11
Xmas Miracle
#12
Wholesome
#13
Scottish Clothes Shops
#14
Expectations vs. Reality
#15
Quick Take On The Scottish Play
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FS John, Too Soon
#19
Well That’s Us Screwed
#20
Life, Eh, Finds A Way
#21
Lightning Lizzie
#23
Good Tae Know
#24
Aye, Ye Pair Ay Bampots
#25
London 1993
#26
Our Government
#27
Yer Da Does The Washing
#28
Dilf Hunter
#29
Hotland
#30
Fair Enough
#31
Shavin A Tattie
#32
Very Fair Point
#33
Yer No Meant To Eat The Parts Separately
#34
Ye Nugget
#35
Maccies
Dorothy Parker 3 years ago
Absolutely! Abusive employer. Drives me crazy the few times I've gone inside a McDonald's.
#36
Da-Da-Da-Da!
#37
Goths Are A Dying Breed
#38
Ye Goin For A S***e Hen?
#39
Platinum Next X
#40
Pizza Time
#41
Mad Stoater
#42
Half Pizza Crunch Supper
Virgil Blue 3 years ago
It's from peering at the pre nuptial agreement hoping she can find a loopholexto escape.
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Intimate And Sacred
Sam T Godfrey 3 years ago
I wonder how that'll go over here in the US... It does occur when people disapprove or otherwise of the president...
#44
A Record To Be Proud Of
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
In Scotland are chips crisps or fries? Either way, I wonder if I’m in the top ten lol
#45
Vegan Scottish Cuisine
#46
We Love Arbroath
#47
On The Bus
Paizleypie 3 years ago
Seems like the Scottish throw the C-word around as much as Australians do.
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Absolute Fact
#49
Genitals!
elfin 3 years ago
She was trying to make a point and it wasn't about hatred. She had a very tough single motherhood early on and even considered suicide. I think she's correct that we need to pay more attention to women's issues overall (though not less attention to transgender). For me most of the hate came from people calling her a hater.
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What do you think ?
Dennis Stanley 3 years ago
If I ever make it to Scotland I need to remember c*nt is is a term of endearment
Barry Neeson 3 years ago
Steady there fella, you cannae just go around spouting C*nt. If you call some c*nt the wrong type of c*nt you may end up getting your c*nt kicked in
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giovanna 3 years ago
Gosh I have a C2 level in English and I DON'T UNDERSTAND SCOTTISH EVEN WHEN IT'S WRITTEN DOWN lol
Dennis Stanley 3 years ago
If I ever make it to Scotland I need to remember c*nt is is a term of endearment
Barry Neeson 3 years ago
Steady there fella, you cannae just go around spouting C*nt. If you call some c*nt the wrong type of c*nt you may end up getting your c*nt kicked in
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Gosh I have a C2 level in English and I DON'T UNDERSTAND SCOTTISH EVEN WHEN IT'S WRITTEN DOWN lol
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