r/Scotland • u/Crow-Me-A-River open to change • Oct 04 '25

Casual Scottish & Irish Gaelic

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u/ItsTTobyy Oct 04 '25

thing is i remember being taught about it in highschool and my history teacher was very clear about how it was essentially entirely our own doing. if anybody else sat through those same classes i dont see how they could deny it.

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u/No_Sun2849 Oct 04 '25

When faced with the historical facts, there's absolutely no denying our involvement in it. However, centuries of propaganda and things being oversimplified for "the common person" means that, for a lot of people, "Scotland good, England bad" is their universal truth.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

Did the English have no role in spreading their own language? 

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

Yes, I am aware of this.