Who is from Scotland?

By Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
Gold Coast, Australia
February 2, 2007 4:31am CST
I was born in Peebles, Scotland (just south of Edinburgh), but have lived in Australia for a long time. My dad was a piper in the BlackWatch. I am still very pulled by everything Scottish - is there anyone out there from Scotland?
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spiritwolf52
@spiritwolf52 (2300)
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5 Feb 07
I am not from Scotland, but I do live there. I moved to the Highlands in 2001 to be with my hubby. He is from here. We married in Alaska and then I moved here. I really love it here. My grandfather was born in Dalkeith. I have found many cousins here that I didn't not know I had. I love it. It seems I have more relatives here in Scotland than I do in the States.
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
5 Feb 07
Hi Spiritwolf, nice to meet you and thanks for your response.I am envious that you live in my home country of Scotland, it truly is a woundrous place! Enjoy your new-found relatives!
spiritwolf52
@spiritwolf52 (2300)
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5 Feb 07
So what brought you do down under? It must have been something important to leave your homeland!
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
5 Feb 07
I was only ten when I left Scotland and we moved round a lot because my stepfather was in the Army. We finally settled in his hometown in Lancashire where I met my hubby, and later on we decided to emigrate to Oz for some adventure and a new life! I still have a lot of relatives in Scotland and have visited there over the years, and as much as I yearn for it, my life is here; Australia is a beautiful place to live. Do you miss the States?
Scotlass
@Scotlass (51)
• United States
1 Dec 08
I was born and raised in Glasgow but now reside in the US as I have for 18 years.
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
1 Dec 08
Hi Scotlass, nice to meet another fellow Scot! Do you miss Scotland?
linzmcwilliams
@linzmcwilliams (1552)
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5 Feb 07
I was born in Irvine, Ayrshire and live in Stewarton for the first eleven years of my life. It's sort of near Glasgow. I then moved to Singapore (visit Australia, lovely place, which part are you in?) and i'm now in the North of England in a little town called Alnwick. I've been to Peebles. :]
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
6 Feb 07
What a co-incidence - I also lived in Singapore for two years when I was still at school! We lived in Serangoon before moving into Changi Barracks. I now live on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, ben here many years now and couldn't even contemplate living back in the UK. I lived in Burnley and Blackpool, Lancashire for a good many years before coming to Oz. Where is Alnwick near? I can't recall it.
inked4life
@inked4life (4224)
• United States
6 Feb 07
I was born and raised in Linwood (just outside Paisley) and moved to Calgary, Canada when I was 19. Lived there for 17 years and am now in Suwanee,GA (metro Atlanta area). I am still a very proud Scotsman and always will be (still have a pretty thick accent too...my wife and kids seem to be the only ones who don't have a problem understanding me...LOL)
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Barb
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
7 Feb 07
You would have thought you'd have lost your accent after all those years away from Scotland! Anyway, your wife and kids probably love it! Try to keep it - it makes you different from the rest!