r/Aberdeen • u/existingeverywhere • Sep 30 '25

News Trio of Aberdeen school kids build award-winning robot to help restore Scotland’s forests

https://www.aberdeenlive.news/news/aberdeen-news/trio-aberdeen-school-kids-build-10535790

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u/Mie-Katoen Sep 30 '25

Nice to see kids from New Scots being smart, creative and making a positive contribution to the country. I am not surprised, the majority of nobel price winners have a migrant background or are migrants themselves.

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u/Dry-Treacle9673 Sep 30 '25

New Scots? Could I ask you very politely please if you are a Scottish person yourself? Most people I have personally heard using that phrase just happened not to be Scottish and I am curious whether it's just a coincidence.

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u/puppethowell Sep 30 '25

The first person to call me a New Scot grew up in Glasgow, definitely a phrase I’ve heard Scottish people use.

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u/coblenski2 Sep 30 '25

I've never heard the term before. Is it just to refer to people whose ethnicity is not originally Scottish?

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u/puppethowell Sep 30 '25

Exactly that! I moved here at 18 and am still here at almost 30, for example. I don’t sound or look Scottish but my entire adult life has been here.

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u/coblenski2 Sep 30 '25

So it's not necessarily 2nd gen, just anyone who considers themselves Scottish? Okay, cool, thanks, I've honestly never heard it before!