Quote Originally Posted by Sir William View Post
Clever marketing ploy or not, the Scots can be proud that so many people around the world WANT to be Scottish. Off-hand, I can't think of another culture that so many others have wanted to be identified with - to the point that they will "assume" one of their ancestors with a possible Scottish name was in fact a Scot,...
I am afraid that in this contest the Irish have the Scots beat, at least in the US. Polls show that many more Americans identify as being of Irish descent that is statistically possible.