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    18 Things Posh Scots Really, Really Don't Want To Hear

    "But where are you actually from?" Shutupshutupshutup.

    Iona St Joseph
    by Iona St Joseph

    BuzzFeed Contributor

    1. "Have you met the Queen?"

    2. *Does impression* "LOL that's what you sound like!"

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    No, it isn't. Your impressions are terrible because there's no way any of us sound like Dame Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey.

    3. "Do you have a maid and butler?"

    4. "What do you think about the ban on fox hunting?"

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    Do you ask everyone you meet that question? If so, you're quite odd. If not: Just because we enunciate it doesn't mean we've been on a fox hunt.

    5. "You probably voted No in the referendum, right?"

    6. "But where are you ACTUALLY from?"

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    Here we go again. We're from the same place as you, we just sound a little different. And probably own an Aga.

    7. "Your school sounds like Hogwarts. Did you go to Hogwarts?"

    8. "Do you know (random name)? Tall guy, went to Fettes, wears red trousers a lot?"

    9. "You probably drink champagne, like, all the time."

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    Do we though? Because that would be very expensive, and terrible for our livers.

    10. "Does your house look like the one in Monarch of the Glen?"

    11. "Do you know how to play croquet?"

    12. "Your parents can't be from round here though."

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    Spoiler alert: They are.

    13. "Do you have a tennis court? Can I come and play on it?"

    14. "You're actually quite down to earth."

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    Yup. Because almost all of us are normal, good-mannered, and rational human beings, not Cher from Clueless.

    15. "You must drive a Range Rover."

    16. "I bet all your friends have names like Camilla and Tarquin."

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    You might be surprised to find that most of us have totally normal names, usually Scottish ones like *cough* Iona. Sorry to disappoint you.

    17. "What does caviar taste like?"

    18. "You sound like you're from England!"

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    This is by far the worst thing you could say to us, please go away.