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Scotland

Scotland. A presentation by Bianka Chladek. Land & People. Scotland has three officially recognised languages: English , Scots and Scottish Gaelic

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Scotland

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  1. Scotland A presentationby Bianka Chladek

  2. Land & People • Scotland has three officially recognised languages: English, Scotsand Scottish Gaelic • Scottishsurnamesaredividedintwo main categories : Gaelicnames (starting with "Mac-" or "Mc-") and Germanicnames (Barclay, Blair, Brown, Cumming, Hamilton, Howard, Melville, Stewart...) • Scotland has about the same land area as the Czech Republic, the Panama, the US state of Maine, or the Japanese island of Hokkaido

  3. Robert Burns • He was a Scottish poet and a lyricist, nationalpoet of Scotland • Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland • Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year) • A Red, Red Rose; A Man's A Man for A' That; To a Louse; To a Mouse; The Battle of Sherramuir; Tam o' Shanter, and Ae Fond Kiss

  4. Scotland has 790 islands, 130 of which are inhabited • At least 6 US Presidents were of Scottish descent : Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James Knox Polk, William McKinley, Woodrow (Thomas) Wilson • Edinburgh was the first city in the world with its own fire-brigade • The Bank of Scotland, founded in 1695, is the oldest surviving bank in the UK. It was also the first bank in Europe to print its own banknotes

  5. Food & Drinks • Scotland is reputed for its whisky • Shortbread is Scotland's most famous biscuit • The most infamous Scottish dish is haggis, normally made with sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver, and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately an hour

  6. Culture & Sciences • Notable Scottish inventions include the method of logarithms, tarmac (dechtovýmakadam), the waterproof raincoat (plášťdodažďa) and the pneumatic tyre • Just like whisky, kilts, tartans and bagpipes aren't Scottish inventions. Kilts originated in Ireland. Tartans were found in Bronze-age or Iron-age Central Europe& Central Asia. Bagpipes might also be an ancient invention from Central Asia

  7. Famous Scottish actors include Sean Connery, Gerard Butler and Ewan McGregor

  8. Icons of Scotland • The Thistle • The Bagpipes • The Kilt • Tartan • St. Andrew • The Stone of Destiny • The Saltire

  9. Scotland is alsofamousforits • Theatres • Operas • Ceilidh, country dancing and Highland dancing • Ballet and ContemporaryDance • Architecture

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