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Originally Posted by clairebear
I actually have this Japanese guy as a friend on Facebook (not quite sure who he is exactly, he added me out of nowhere lol) and he messaged me saying hi and he asked me where I was from. After I told him I'm from Scotland he said "where is that?" and all I could say was "Uh...next to England" and he said he would look it up. 
The fact that Scotland seems to be that unknown is a bit worrying. lol
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Japanese tend to think England is Britain in my experience.
Even I don't really understand what Scotland is. Scotland is to Britain what California is to the USA how I see it.. but a Scot friend of mine is adamant that Scotland is a seperate country to England lol.