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They say Scotland is a land of immeasurable beauty, inspiring history, and immense wit. To get a glimpse of the first two, you can watch Braveheart. But to experience the third, you can simply go on Twitter (now X)—some people even say Scottish Twitter is arguably the nation’s finest export. We know you think it’s scotch, but scroll through this list, and then we’ll talk.

The subreddit named Scottish People Twitter has been making headlines online since its creation in 2015. It started by collecting tweets like “maw bought aldi shower gel that smells like fairy liquid so I’ve been cutting about all day smelling like a f**ing plate” and “Can live wi paying 5p for one but am sick of having to f**in light the beacons of Gondor to summon someone anytime I want a bag in Asda” and quickly grew into a 700K-member community, enjoying a good laugh when they see one.

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Clever Cat

Funny Scottish tweet about cats

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#3

Mask Up, Ya Bams

Funny Scottish tweet about not wearing a mask

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Dorothy Parker
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same maskless moron in the queue in the US, security guards often say naught!

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Bored Panda spoke with Reddit user Veloglasgow, one of the moderators of r/ScottishPeopleTwitter, to get a better understanding of the content on the subreddit. “Scots generally have a dark, dry, and direct sense of humor,” they said. “Observational comedy where someone points out something that everyone accepts as day-to-day reality but which would be absurd to an outside observer also goes down well.”

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Our Currency Is The Best!

Funny Scottish tweet about currency

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Veloglasgow said that posts where people are sarcastically replying to other tweets are probably most representative of real-world Scottish humor.

“Most posts that make it through the mod queue are representative. Any posts that use ‘fooken’ or ‘fecking’ for fu*ken/fu*king are generally removed as no Scot hears how we say those words as that way phonetically,” the moderator explained.

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Examining the many social and cultural features of Scottish Twitter, journalist Eve Livingston said it has provided a medium for the written Scots language to evolve in a way that wasn’t possible before the advent of social media.

“Scots was the national language of a country that doesn’t exist anymore,” writer and presenter Alistair Heather, who writes a Scots column in Scotland’s The National newspaper, explained. ​“As Scotland was amalgamated into Great Britain, Scots fell away from being a national language because it didn’t have a nation anymore.”

Heather said that until relatively recently, Scottish opinion-formers in news and media were [mostly] based in England and not plugged into working-class or rural Scotland at all, so they didn’t see Scots language as a contemporary issue in Scotland.

“[But] it’s gaining a lot of legitimacy and validity through social media as a private expression [while] finding a public sphere.”

#10

What Windows?

Funny Scottish tweet about a peephole on a door

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Rissie
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because people put curtains up so you can't see in and in order to still look out without looking like a nosy old grandma.

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#12

Wholesome

Funny Scottish tweet about the other half

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Scottish Clothes Shops

Funny Scottish tweet about a Scottish clothes store

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RELATED: Scottish People Are Enraged After Finding Out That A Large Part Of Scots Wikipedia Is Written By An American Teen Using A Fake Scottish “Accent”

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#19

Well That’s Us Screwed

Funny Scottish tweet about cats invading Scotland

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#20

Life, Eh, Finds A Way

Funny Scottish tweet about a breakfast

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#27

Yer Da Does The Washing

Funny Scottish tweet about a scary see through a window

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#30

Fair Enough

Funny Scottish tweet about voting in the election

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n i k o
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't really know Scottish politics, but this is hilarious. Like, damn, Scots don't mess around

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#33

Yer No Meant To Eat The Parts Separately

Funny Scottish tweet the condiments of Nutella

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#34

Ye Nugget

Funny Scottish tweet about immigrants

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Al Jones
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need this sign at far more places... Like behind every American (and Australian) that doesn't have native heritage and complains about migrants.

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#35

Maccies

Funny Scottish tweet about pay for McDonald's workers

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Dorothy Parker
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely! Abusive employer. Drives me crazy the few times I've gone inside a McDonald's.

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#38

Ye Goin For A S***e Hen?

Funny Scottish tweet about living in Scotland

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Lúthien
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had somebody hammering my door screaming at me to let them in. (I didn't obviously. I still wonder what they were on),

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#41

Mad Stoater

Funny Scottish tweet a twin sibling

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Rissie
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe she was referring to a different look and either complimenting or making fun of him. Or is that the joke? This is too advanced humor for me.

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#42

Half Pizza Crunch Supper

Funny Scottish tweet a funny trait of Melania Trump

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Virgil Blue
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's from peering at the pre nuptial agreement hoping she can find a loopholexto escape.

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#43

Intimate And Sacred

Funny Scottish tweet about sex

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Sam T Godfrey
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder how that'll go over here in the US... It does occur when people disapprove or otherwise of the president...

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#44

A Record To Be Proud Of

Funny Scottish tweet about eating a lot of crisps

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Scotland are chips crisps or fries? Either way, I wonder if I’m in the top ten lol

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#47

On The Bus

Funny Scottish tweet about people talking on Coronavirus

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Paizleypie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like the Scottish throw the C-word around as much as Australians do.

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#49

Genitals!

Funny Scottish tweet about being obsessed with other people genitals

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elfin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She was trying to make a point and it wasn't about hatred. She had a very tough single motherhood early on and even considered suicide. I think she's correct that we need to pay more attention to women's issues overall (though not less attention to transgender). For me most of the hate came from people calling her a hater.

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#50

And One For Yourself Bartender

Funny Scottish tweet about spending money abroad

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