Scottish Independence vote - Yes or No?

[Rafie]

The Fury said:

Rafie said:

I see.  Thank you for the explanation. Again, I was obviously quite ignorant on this and wanted to get some insight. Now I have it. I don't know anything about the stereotypes. I'm not from Europe. :) Thanks again for the quick lesson.

I personally felt my answer wasn't very good. Let's see, surname wise, there are a lot more Scottish people with a 'Mc' surname than Ireland, but the most common names in Scotland is still Smith and Brown (not Jones, they are probably English). Ireland's common surnames are Murphy or "O' " something.

An Irish person may be a fan of their own sports so Hurling or Gaelic Football. Scotland has it's own Highland Games but if meeting a Scottish person i doubt they will be tossing a caber that's pushin on the stereotype....

... don't worry about making a mistake if you accentidentily call a Scotish person Irish or visa versa, as long as you don't call them English. :P

Hmm...interesting. I have a friend named Mike Connoly whose from Ireland, but moved here to the states 10 years ago. Then my other friend Sean McIntyre is actually from Scotland, he moved here when he turned 18. He's 31 right now. However, they both sound the same to me. Hehehe They don't know each other, but I've spoken to each of them about one another. I never really got into the whole Scotland and Ireland thing with them. I guess I could also ask them as well. I think you did pretty well with explaining a bit. Now I can go back to them and actually listen to their accents to distinguish a difference.