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It depends, being that your question is fairly broad. But here's a list to start you off:

  • Food: Tuna, Scottish shortbread, tablet
  • Drink: (Scotch), Irn-Bru
  • Clothing: Kilts, other tartan clothes
  • Mysteries and Monsters: Loch Ness Monster (Nessie), Glamis Castle and many, many more
  • Symbols of Scotland: Thistle, Saltire (The Scottish flag, also known as the St Andrew's cross), Royal lion rampant
  • Heroes and tragic figures and celebrated people: William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, Robert the Bruce, Robert (Rabbie/The Bard) Burns, St Andrew, Bonnie Prince Charlie
  • Cities: Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness, Dundee, Stirling
  • Sports: Golf, specifically the city of St Andrews which is known as the "home of golf", rugby, football, tennis (esp. Andy Murray)
  • Music: Scottish Bagpipes, ceilidh music, Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain, The Proclaimers, Runrig, Franz Ferdinand, The Corries, The Fratellis, Texas, Annie Lennox, The View, KT Tunstall, Eddi Reader, Sandi Thom, Glasvegas, Snow Patrol, Paolo Nutini, Amy MacDonald, Travis, etc
  • Scenery: Scottish Highlands and Islands, The Borders, The Falkirk Wheel
  • Creatures (real): Highland Cows, Black Faced Sheep, Red Deer, Capercaillie, Scottish Crossbill, Red Grouse
  • Thinkers: David Hume, Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith
  • Inventors: John Logie Baird (Television), Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone) etc

Also, in order of importance, Whisky, Golf an Sean Connery!

Also, Rod Stewart is from Scotland and he supports the football team Celtic from Glasgow (big fan of the singer)

Howabout Engineeting. shipbuilding, Inventions (think TV. Steam Engine, Penicillin, Anasthetic, Cloning Technology).

The exportation of our people colonising & governing, bringing knowledge to the rest of the world.

The things that Scotland is famous for is:

William Wallace

Robert The Bruce

The Scottish Highlands

Sean Connery

Alexander Graham Bell

Tartans

Kilts

Scottish Bagpipes

Loch Ness Monster

Both Scottish Flags

Battle of Stirling Bridge

Endinburgh

Weapon

Ferocity

Killing

Military

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βˆ™ 13y ago

Haggis, whisky, North Sea Oil, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness Monster, Edinburgh Castle, William Wallace (Braveheart), Robbie Burns, Burke and Hare, Sir Walter Scott, JK Rowling (Harry Potter writer) and bad weather!

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βˆ™ 16y ago

The Scots have a rich tradition of academic endeavour. Great authors & great inventors. Far disproportionate to the size of the population.

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βˆ™ 14y ago

Whisky, tartan, Bagpipes, haggis, Loch Ness Monster, Edinburgh Castle, shortbread, North Sea Oil, fishing, grouse moors, mountains, red deer, wildcats.

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βˆ™ 15y ago

Fat Chicks eating Pop Corn.

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βˆ™ 15y ago

Scotland is known as.....Scotland.

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