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The travelling Scots I meet usually do. It seems very important to them.

Being Scottish isn't important to me on a national identy level.

However saying you are Scottish when abroad as opposed to British tends to result in a much warmer reception.

I've found in my travels within the UK as an American, that the reverse is also true. I tend to get a much warmer reception in Scotland than anywhere else.

(Except Shetland. I got the feeling they don't really like outsiders in Shetland.)

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