If it weren't for the Irish , Scotland would probably be called "Pictland".
The 'Scots' were originally an Irish race. They crossed the water in the 5th century and settled in the country of the Picts.
The Picts and the Scots fought each other regularly. But by the 9th century the Scots had absorbed the whole country.
The Scots language was Gaelic and it is still spoken in the Western Isles (the Hebrides).
Today the language of Scotland is English. In fact the Scots say that the purest and most beautiful form of English is to be heard on the banks of Loch Ness, in the country of Iverness.
The accent is very different from that of southern England. The Scots 'roll' the letter 'r', for example.
You can also identify a Scotsman by his vocabulary:
The Scots don't have children, They have 'bairns'. And although they are certainly good-looking, a Scot would say 'bonnie'.
A pretty little child in England would be 'a bonnie wee bairn' north of the border.
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