#Scottish culture

[gemmahale]

Y’know what? If I’m going to be writing Scottish family members and such for Righteous Fury, I should have someone Scot-pick it. (This is a play on @pfhwrittes’ Brit-picking he helps me out with.)

I know I want to include Scots, because it’s a language that deserves more exposure, and it makes sense for the MacTavishes to speak it, I think. (We canonically know Soap slips terms into conversation, so he’s not unfamiliar.)

I’m drawing a blank on who might be able and willing to help me with this. I’m more than happy to negotiate a price, because expertise deserves compensation.

I don’t know that knowledge about the CoD characters is necessary. Probably gives an advantage though.

Help an author out, friends?

I want this to be done right, not by the seat of my pants.

[art-portraits]

Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Grant, the Artist's Daughter

Artist: Sir Francis Grant PRA (Scottish, 1803-1878)

Date: c. 1850

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Royal Academy of Arts, London

[wwemcumuscleslover]

One of the thing I love in Drew Mcintyre is how he teaches us that sometimes taking time to work on yourself is the best you can!

He was fired around 2014, makes great journey in TNA AND INDEPENDENT PROMOTIONS, coming back around 2017, did an amazing run in nxt and inside the main roster, is proven to be an amazing storyteller.

[galleryofart]

A Japanese Album

Artist: Charles Hodge Mackie (Scottish, 1862-1920)

Date: 1904

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

[retromexicat]

We know tribes in Horizon are inspired in various real life ancient civilizations, pre-modern world and its a fun exercise to try to guess what cultures inspired which tribes. The Carja was the Aztecs and Roman empires. The Nora look Viking & Celtic. The Quen with the Asian dynasties. And the Tenakth look very inspired in northern Native-American, most specifically the Anishinaabe cultures.

But until now I realized how much of Scottish hierarchy they have:

- Clan systems: Desert, Lowland and Sky.

- Subculture division with Highlanders (Sky Clan) and Lowlanders (tropical forest) and the Tenakth addition of the Desert clan.

- Same culture/tribe but still struggling with clan wars as ancient clans fought for reputation, wealth, territory and survival.

- Having to reunite the clans against the civilization that wanted to colonize them despite having the same origins, one considered superior to the other. For the Scots it’s the English, for the Tenakth it’s the Carja.

- And lastly, the Tenakth fashion that includes a type of “skirt”, most seen worn by men. This skirt resembling the Scottish “Kilt”. I think the Tenakth whose outfit resembles the most the traditional and full ensamble of how the Kilt is worn is Hekarro:

[selkies-world]

This book is due for release in Spring 2025. Here is my question for readers (located anywhere).

It's set in Glasgow in 2028, and at least half of the dialogue is written in Scots & there is a good heaping of Scottish and Irish slang throughout it. Do yous want a glossary at the back, to translate the Scottish slang & Scots terms & Irish slang into plain English? I've never seen this offered for any other languages or cultures, but I try to make my books as accessible as possible, so I figured I'd offer.

This poll is open to everyone - no judgement on whether or not yous think you'll be able to understand written Scots.

PLEASE REBLOG FOR HIGHER SAMPLE SIZE

Here is a sample of an exchange between 2 characters in my book:

A: "What are you doing here?”

B: “Thought I’d pop by, just t’ see how everythin’s goin’. See if he wan’ed the walls repain’ed or the floor ripped up, or –”

A: “I meant where’ve you been? What have you been up to?”

B: “Oh, that version of ‘what are you doin’ here’. Not a lot, unless you count college houndin’ my ass and my dorm bein’ on the verge of bein’ a health hazard since Star discovered a new brand o’ cleanin’ products at this new store we found, but then she accident’lly made a new variation o’ mustard gas again on Monday, so we’re stayin’ at Tommy’s ‘til the dungeon master says we can go back withou’ dyin’ or somethin'. Also, Charlie-Cat said one o’ us needed t’ gae you a break, an’ he left this mornin’ so won’t be back for anoth’r week, an’ Tommy’s workin’ ‘til la’e tonigh’, so.”

A: “I’m still processing the ‘again’ part of Star making a new mustard gas. How’d she manage to do it by accident a second time?”

B: "Third. A’ this poin’, I don’t even know, t’ be hones’.”

A: “You said Charlie sent you?”

B: “Oh, yeah. He said t’ babysit Danny for you so you can go ge’ some rest. I mean, I’m pre’y sure he mean’ so tha’ you can go eat somethin’ other than fas’ food an’ get some new clothes an’ get a shower – seriously, you really need tha’ shower. A’ this poin’, I’m surprised Danny hasnae woken up jus’ t’ complain abou’ the stink in ‘ere, seriously, I smelle’ onions as soon as I opened th’ door, how he hasnae smelle’ it lyin’ here nex’ t’ you for weeks is – hah!”

Here is another sample of an exchange between 1 of those characters and another not featured in the first:

A: "You feelin' any better?"

B: "Yeah, I needed the kip."

A: "See, sometimes I can forget that you're from Edinburgh, then you go an' say shit like that and I have to remember."

[georgies-ftts]

my rant about americans and how they refuse to believe that british people are allowed to have culture for some reason cause i saw a tiktok and it did it’s job of pissing me tf off and i needed to rant.

getting real fuckin sick of just rude arse americans saying that the british have no culture (in a way that isn’t satire)

Britain consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

i genuinely fucking dare you to go up to someone who was born and raised literally anywhere in Northern Ireland and tell them they have no culture because you will be launched into next fuckin sunday

My mother is Scottish, her parents were both scottish, so we’re their parents and their parents and so on. You want to look my mother in the eyes and tell her she has no culture?

With her four different middle names all deriving from different branches of our family?

that the glengarry that hangs on my aunts wall, that my grandfather wore in the war has no significance to history of our country?

That different sports and songs, though only sports and songs, that carry great meaning, stories, myths, beliefs and history all mean nothing?

that the highest points of our country that stand away from the mainland that date back to at least 500bc are without culture?

that the welsh language, dishes, music, myths, saints, folklore and battles all what? just mean fuck all?

that the english, yes even the fucking english, do not have a culture of their own, one from hundreds of years ago with folk dancing and saints and traditional dresses and flowers and patterns aren’t cultured?

Kilts? Clans? Instruments? Folk songs? Traditional meals? Saints? Myths? Religions? Fucking Halloween?

Piss off genuinely it makes me so unbelievably fucking mad because you refuse to look past a time in history for a second. Not ignore it but just see anything else for a second and see what you’re missing out on, the pure beauty you refuse to acknowledge because you were tainted to believe we’re all a load of arseholes so please for the love of fuck either piss off and leave us alone or just look at the truly amazing history of four different countries and find some fuckin respect jesus h christ.

[royalty-nobility]

Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland

Artist: John Singer Sargent  (American, 1856–1925) 

Title: Portrait of Millicent Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955)

Genre: Portrait

Date: 1904

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland RRC was a Scottish society hostess, social reformer, author, editor, journalist, and playwright, often using the pen name Erskine Gower. Her first husband was Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland.

[illbegoneinthedark]

Scottish highlands got me feeling all kinds of ways ❤️

[charlierainfordsso]

I'm currently heading down to the Royal Highland show (for non-Scots, a huge 4 day country show, live music, agriculture, crafts, food and contests- well worth a visit) so brace yourselves for a photo barrage of any and every draft horse I can find. If anyone has requests for photos of specific animals or breeds of horse, cattle, chicken or sheep, let me know and I'll try to get some.

[rmsstevielol]

Ok hello im back to rant again!

Todays topic is Kilts, Tartan and the importance of them to our culture 😜

So, kilts and tartan have been a part of Scottish and Irish culture for CENTURIES right? And don’t even come at me with “oh Victoria introduced clan tartans🧐🧐” they still had them before! Anyways my main issue is that it’s becoming a worldwide type thing or a thing that can be used by anyone.. it is literally somebody’s culture and it should not be used just for fun.

I am CONSTANTLY seeing stuff like “GRWM kilt addition” and it’s someone who has no Scottish or Irish relation and they aren’t even wearing it properly, mostly Americans and English people which is very annoying becuase they don’t even acknowledge where it’s from or how to wear it properly. Another thing is that tartan is being made for different religions Or sexualities and even an English one exists now.. can we not do that because it, once again, belongs to a culture and by making different tartans for all these different things, it takes the meaning and importance of it to our culture. I literally see SO MANY schools in England and people wearing it in general wearing it, referring to it ‘plaid’, like no, it’s tartan.

Also I definitely do not fw the royals wearing the Stuart tartan or any tartan in general because im not being funny but they literally have barely traceable Scottish genealogy and they even went as far as BANNING the Stuart tartan for anyone apart from the royals, even though they literally not Stuart’s and there are actual Stuart’s out there, who still wear them, but still the fact there is a law that they cannot wear there own family tartan is actually disgusting. The royals aren’t Scottish or Irish therefore should not wear them. I swear i see many wealthy English people wearing kilts like it’s a thing of nobility for everyone.. it’s not.

Tartan and kilts are not just a thing to show off your wealth and high status, they are our culture and something that is very much valued and appreciated in modern day, bringing me on to my next point, that “clan tartans aren’t relevant” or “kilts aren’t that important anymore”, which is extremely false. I know many families, including my own, who wear their own family tartan and kilts all the time and they’re something that is highly valued and respected by them, it is something that is important to us because it gives is pride in our family, culture and history. We wear them to important events too! So by random non Scottish/Irish people wearing them anywhere (in the wrong way) it takes away the whole meaning of that. Also wearing someone’s clan tartan and not knowing anything about it, does not sit right with me at all, like just wear your own cultural clothing.

I saw a very specific example of taking kilts and using them as an “accessory”on a TikTok video, a couple months ago, where a young English woman was showing how she “styles” a kilt. This kilt was a proper, authentic, Scottish kilt and the way she was handling it and talking about it was very disrespectful and just rude. She first stated how she didn’t like the length, as it made her look like a granny, where she then started to pin it up to make it a mini skirt.. how much more do I really need to say. It’s plain rude and disrespectful, if you cannot wear it respectfully and properly then don’t wear it at all, simple as. Another thing with this woman, is that she was completely arrogant to the comments trying to correct her and call her out on her behaviour, she was pretty much disregarding them as “petty” not admitting her wrongs in any way.

Now, before you all come at me, hear me out. I know cultural appropriation is a very very controversial topic but if people are truly outraged by it then why is the appropriation of tartan and kilts not taken more seriously, it is the same exact thing. If i were to compare, the issue with the appropriation of Native American culture and how there are awful costumes made of them on Amazon, is very similar, if not the same situation as i am talking about with the kilts and tartan, for example, the cheap, stereotypical costumes of Scottish people on Amazon or the “sexy” mini skirt “kilts” with the matching hats.. see how similar the situations are. I do believe that a lot of what im seeing regarding how kilts and tartan are being worn, is cultural appropriation and is not being paid attention to nearly enough.

I used to brush it off as “not that deep” or “not as bad as others”, as a lot of other people do, but as i see more and more of it, the more offensive and disrespectful it is getting and nobody is doing a single thing about it. So, yes, it is that deep and If you say you respect all cultures, yet find yourself doing these things, then you aren’t really the person you thought you were.

My culture isn’t a joke, isn’t a costume, is not something to be altered or changed to your satisfaction and it is not something to show off your wealth, so please stop and let us have it back as something to be proud of.

Share this around if you can 🤍

That was a long rant but it was needed, so, if you made it all the way to here, thank you for reading it :))

just to clarify, as always, i do not hate English people or American people and I don’t completely hate the monarchy, I am just using them as examples, as they are the ones I’ve seen most doing the things that i mentioned :)))))

[art-portraits]

Charlotte Hall,and Her Son

Artist: Sir Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756 - 1823) Scottish

Date: c. 1813

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburg, Scotland

Charlotte Hall, Lady Hume Campbell of Marchmont, and her son, Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, 7th Bart of Marchmont (1812 - 1894)

Charlotte Hall (nee Rey) married Sir William Hume Campbell of Marchmont, 6th Baronet, in 1812. On 15th December that year, Charlotte gave birth to their first and only child, Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, 7th Baronet. In this full-length seated portrait she holds her young son, who eventually bequeathed this portrait to the National Gallery of Scotland upon his death in 1894. Although the child is only partly wrapped in a loose cloth, Lady Hume-Campbell wears a shawl and a fashionable empire-style dress of fine material. The image of a mother and naked child was based on traditional representations of the Madonna and Child.

[itspvg]

A growing annoyance I have with Americans is that they just fucking lump Irish and Scottish culture in with each other because we are both Gaelic cultures.

I love my Scottish folks. We both have had to tolerate and been manipulated by a shitty neighbour for centuries. But Christ. We are not the fucking same. We have very specific and culturally entrenched traditions with vibrant origins and meanings. That has developed and grew out of our independent histories.

Then you have some poorly informed/educated fucking yank blast out some of the most easily debunked and egregious "facts" regarding our history, culture and practices. And the fucking confidence these fucking space cadets spew this shit out. Like full chested brash arrogance to their followers like they are a fucking expert and noted scholar on the subject. It's fucking painful to watch as an Irish person.

Google is free. Try reading before "educating" everyone else on a culture you ain't fucking part of. You fucking spanners.

[jerry-hornes-foot]

Been seeing a lot of patter about Scotland on here recently, like non Scottish folk sharing Scottish memes/videos/news

So if any of my non Scots mutuals want a taste of #scottishculture boy oh boy have I made the mix for you lmao

[hairtusk]

'Wool waulking is a traditional Scottish process of finishing and strengthening newly woven woolen fabrics. It is a significant social and cultural activity, often carried out by women in the Highlands of Scotland. The Gaelic songs that are sung during waulking have a distinctive rhythmic pattern that aids in synchronising the work.'

(Video and text via Inverness Outlanders)

[maximilian7182]

Today's "point" of my journey contains the beautiful name Leven. I invite you to take a look with me at the amazing architecture of Leven and the splendor of it's carefully landscaped coastal area. Leven  is a seaside town in Fife, set in the east Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the coast of the Firth of Forth at the mouth of the River Leven