Yes indeed. The US Navy was founded by John Paul Jones, from Kirkcudbright, Scotland.You'll also find that most of the names on the US Declaration of Independence are Scots, and is itself modelled on the Declaration of Arbroath.
That's actually one of the best scottish accents I've ever heard impersonated by someone, if there was only audio you could easily convince someone that it was Billy Connolly
My great great great great grandfather (who, like myself, is also off've Scotland) invented the ball flush system for toilets. He sold the patent to Armitage (off've Armitage and Shanks). You can still see his name, Armitage and Anderson on some of the old underground bogs in Glasgow. It makes me proud to know that the whole world has taken a dump under my grandfather's invention. =]
@DrStoned1 i'm english but i live in dundee....apart from some places in america i can't think of anywhere i'd rather live. scottish folk are the greatest ever. FACT!
It was indeed and I, an English diabetic, am very grateful to Canada. I’ve survived 58 years because of the discovery of (Frederick) Banting and (Charles) Best, under the directorship of (John) Macleod at the University of Toronto and (James) Collip who helped with the purification process.
@@scott6926 nope. You emigrate to a new country, you are "one of us"-albeit with a funny accent. My old man came to Australia from Norf East London in 1958 to join the RAN. He always told us that he disembarked at Circular Quay, Sydney, strolled up George Street in stinking summer heat & was Australian by the time he booked into the Landsdowne Hotel on Broadway- an hours walk. There are few UK/Irish immigrants who wish they'd stayed in the old, old country!
@@bradleybarnett9545 He was born and educated in Scotland (at Aberdeen University). He did not move to Canada until 1916 (when he was nearly 40) and if we follow your logic, the Yanks have a greater claim to him as he lived there for much longer (having emigrated from Scotland to the USA in 1903 at age 26 or 27. He also returned to Scotland in 1928 (after his work on insulin). So, no, he did not become a Canadian when he got off the boat/ train in Montreal.
@@bradleybarnett9545 Sorry, but I don't think that is how it works, otherwise I'd have 10 different nationalities for all the countries I've lived in. As for being 'one of us' even in the most progressive countries, it is rare for a foreigner to ever be truly seen as a 'native'. My grandmother was German but lived in England for the majority of her life, still didn't mean she was seen as English. My father was more German than English by blood, but he was always seen as an Englishman because he was born and raised there. Are you going to tell me you father was never called a pommy? :P
John James Rickard Macleod, a U of T prof from Cluny, Scotland, shared the 1923 Nobel Prize with Banting as a co-discoverer of insulin. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, he had a more active role in the discovery than has been acknowledged since. But I too am furious on behalf of Dr. Banting and Canada!
Dr Banting? The guy of Scottish heritage? Like immediate heritage. As in, probably of parents who helped to kill your indigenous population, “creating” modern Canada type person? Grow tf up. Scottish people, or people of descent, invented the modern world…& the part of Canada that still pisses off the French, which is always a plus.
@ricardocummins1988 Proof that Scots largely descend from Caledonian Picts of Ancient Scotland was concluded with over 12 years of genetic research (1996~2008), the 'OGAP4' haplotype was one of the oldest ever found on the isles, predating even the Celts migration into Ireland & the Western coasts of Britain, it was found all over Scotland, it was particularly strongest in Angus, Tayside, Grampion, Central, North to N.Eastern regions (landmass majority), even the lowlands of Strathclyde.
The telephone is up for debate about whether it was Scottish, but the television is definatly Scottish, it is widely known and taught around the world as that, just because later down the line it was changed, the idea, work and research was by a Scotsman, it's as if someone saying that they invented the tv because they invented the HD tv. Dissapointed Stephen :( Still love the show tho lol
@jgkloosterman Alexander Graham Bell was a scotsman, born in scotland and his parents where scottish, his whole family were scottish, he moved to canada in his mid 20s
@SpazzyMcGee1337 John Paul Jones (born John Paul) was a Scottish born American naval officer during the Revolution/Rebellion (depending on which side you were in) who is often credited as the Father of the American Navy.
Bell did invent the telephone, the first working one, of course like a lot of inventions there was pioneering work done by many electric scientists and engineers beforehand, but he definitely produced the first properly working one.
@LizaLeech Depending on your interpretation, it's Canadian or Romanian, there's a lot of controversy over it. Technically, it was definitely isolated and patented by Paulescu long before Banting, but was not recognised for political reasons. They're making the tenuous link via JJR Macleod, co-recipient, born in Scotland and UK citizen, but working at U of Toronto at the time - it's also generally acknowledged that he had nothing more to do with the discovery than providing the lab space.
the amount of inventions the Scots have made considering their small population size is, to say the least, legendary. I think our best discovery was Maxwell's series of differential equations which formulated electromagnetic theory. It is scary how overlooked this discovery truly is.
Another interesting Scots-'invention' list to add to this: Golden Retriever Border Collie Beared Collie Deerhound Bloodhound Sleuthhound Scottish Terrier West Highland Terrier Cairn Terrier Skye Terrier Gordon Setter Shetlend Sheepdog and, Scottish Fold
The kilt was not invented in Ireland Steven, yes the Irish wrapped a piece of wool around their waste and held it there with a belt, but as we know this is not a kilt. A kilt is a piece of pleated wool worn from the waste with a tartan pattern. It was originally worn quite high up but is now worn just above the knee. The Irish may have adopted the kilt in the 16th century but they by no means invented it.
@MrGrinningManiac Because Caledonia IS a Latinised term of the original "Caled" and "Caledonii" - the largest early Scottish tribe in Scotland at the time, it's thought that the Caledonia term was used by Romans to mean "Hard men" or "land of Hard men", then by the time the Romans were starting to withdraw from Britannia (England and Wales) they had a new nik name for the early Scots - "Picti" - old Latin for "Painted Peoples", in reference to the Scots blue tattoos they wore in battle.
The original inhabitants of the land were called Picts; a physically small people that were integrated into the immigrant tribe of Celts, who used woad, a blue dye, to adorn theselves.
John Logie Baird invented TV. Perhaps not what we watch today but he was still first. Colour: HD; Across the Atlantic, ground to air, video and Armstrong used Baird's system to send back pictures from the moon. Baird did all those first !! Others came up with a better system and the yet Americans took Baird's system to the moon because it was lighter.
the telephone was invented by bell the other guy workin on it was ilisha grey bell got his patent into the patent office about an hour before grey thats how close it was
Muecci. Look him up. He invented the phone *five years* before Bell or Gray! They had paid associates in the Patent Office blocking any competitors. As I said, look up Muecci.
@ricardocummins1988 That's a common generic mistake people make, "Scotti" was a Latinised Ancient Greek word "Skoto" (Darkland) which the Romans Latinised to "Scotti" & changed the meaning to "Speaker of Gaelic" which eventually encompassed the Caledonian Picts (early Scots) as the first kings of Scotland were all Picts who supported Gaelic which took Pictish dialects & root words - still found in modern Scots Gaelic today, they became known as Scots which became Pirate, Raider and Predator.
referred to the Irish moreso early on as it was they who Brough the Gaelic to Scotland which was called Alban in Irish later Alba in Scots Gallic...etc..
@segano1 There seems to have been a misunderstanding You said "Latinised version of Caledonia, the Latin word for Scotland" (or something to that effect). The term "Latinisation" is when a word in an alphabet OTHER than the Latin alphabet is translated into the Latin alphabet. Thus, Lantinising Latin is an exercise in futility. If you meant something else by Latinisation, I'm sorry for the confusion.
thanks to the amazing education we've always had in Scotland. everything we now see as a necessity. the fridge.. the microwave.. the kettle.. the T.V.. the Phone.. the tent.. the flask... everything he said..and so on.. some not necessities but important non the less in this day n age.we will stand proud.. knowing we're the most important small country in the world. I love that I'm Scottish and hope for Independence in my life time.. SNP, the only party that cares solely on Scotlands well being
Plated tartan kilt and great highland bagpipes are 100% Scottish. And Scotland has had massive influence world-wide, even in your own country. Wellington & Dunedin are named after Scottish places and New Zealand even had a Scottish prime minister - Peter Fraser.
@@FastEddy1959 If you watch the video Stephen tells us that whisky was first made by the Italians, which is generally accepted as true. Historical records have it being distilled in Italy as early as the 13th century. Even the Irish beat the Scots to making whisky, the first historical record in Ireland dates from 1405 whereas it didn't show up in Scotland until 1495. Bushmills distillery in Ireland is the world's oldest continually operating distillery, they've been at it since 1608 I believe.
Actually, no. Sir Frederick Banting and his lab assistant Charles Best were the ones who began their research in insulin. It was only when they saw promising results that J.J MacLeod and James Collip joined in the efforts. The Nobel Prize went to Banting and MacLeod, but Banting was infuriated because Charles Best had done more work than MacLeod ever had and received no credit. There were also a lot of disagreements between the group. Either way, it was a Canadian effort and a Canadian invention
Indian. First blood groups, followed by linguistics, then genetics have shown the Celts originate from South India. Gaelic Welsh, the oldest form, and one dialect of Indian share many similarities. During the Raj period local Indians and members of the Welsh regiments conversed quite easily. The locals had more difficulty with the Irish Gaelic and more so with the Scottish Gaelic, whereas they had great difficulty understanding the English soldiers, especially the commissioned officers.
The telephone was not robbed by Bell, A competitor had Bells patent agent state in court that he had supplied Bell with the competitors' design which he had copied, it was later discovered that the patent agent had accrued a huge gambling debt and that the competitor had paid him a large sum of money, the case was dismissed and Bell kept his patent.
@@billyandrew Your correct, but it was not patented. A similar situation existed with the electric light bulb some years before, till Edison patented it.
@@iancampbell6925 Joseph Swan patented the light bulb 10 years before Edison. He sued him in court for patent infringement and won, Edisons patent was thrown out.
They will appreciate us when we get our independence and get our hands on all the revenues for oil, and gas, and tourism, and whisky and renewable energy etc etc
the reason why we invented the steam hammer was in case our bosses started being nobbeads, then we feed them to the great mighty steam hammer of the workshop as an offering to the gods of mechanical genius.
@a7xdude87 Just throwing another example out there: "Getting off Scot-free" is technically derogatory but over time it's become fine to use. A bit like the word 'ravage' - it's not Scottish but it has a nasty etymtology but is used without an imbied nastiness.
Getting off Scot free has nothing to do with either Scotland or the Scots. It was a medieval English tax. If you avoided it you got off Scot free. Google it, as I'm sure I can't be the only one left alive that knows the origins of the expression.
A Scot was some sort of tax, wasn't it? So "Getting off Scot-free" was a way to accuse your enemies of tax evasion, if I have got that right. Of course, the whole right to "Scots" is murky an morally dubious too, but I always thought it was the evasion of the Scot was worse, morally, than its imposition. Even if you were allowed to not pay the Scot, often the Church would demand the money or chattel that you saved by not paying the Scot, so to "Get Off Scot-free" also had connotations of defrauding the Church, which, of course, was a big no-no. Sometimes, people would be let off the payment of the Scot and also were allowed to keep it by the Church "for services rendered", if you catch my drift. But the social ostracism that this entailed - even if both the original reciever of the Scot, AND The Church had publically stated that the Scot was no longer to be paid - meant that "To get off Scot-free" was a deadly insult until the 1890's, and sometimes even after.
@janejanejane7 Yeah, they originated in the Scottish Highlands, but the type of kilt that you commonly see these days (the 'modern' kilt) was actually invented by an Englishman. Also, this being Stephen Fry, I'm sure he already knows how the English language was formed. I'd sure as hell wouldn't call it "sloppy" either.
John Paul Jones Born July 6, 1747 Arbigland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, is referred to as the "Father of the American Navy" Admiral Thomas Gordon Born 1658 Aberdeen, Scotland is referred to as the "Father of the Imperial Russian Navy" which he built for Peter the Great The Russian Navy ensign also known as the St Andrews's flag, The flag has a white background with two blue diagonal bands, forming a saltire.
Peter Dodds McCormick was born in Port Glasgow in 1833 and emigrated to Sydney in 1855. He wrote Advance Australia Fair in 1878 and the first two verses were adopted as the national anthem in 1974. After a change of government God Save the Queen was reinstated in 1976. After another change of government Advance Australia Fair was reinstated again in 1984.
Yeah, he means the name, since Robert Brown was the first person to name it the nucleus. I personally am more worried about when he said "the United States Navy."
@segano1 "Scotland has never been conquered" -- Except by the English. "Kilts were Scottish, used mainly in the Scottish Highlands at the time"-- Plaids, or great plaids, perhaps. The kilt (that is, the bottom-only, pleated thing) was invented by an Englishman.
@dunnyedin Sure. You go on believing that. The real William Wallace (not the "Braveheart" fiction, but the actual person) never existed and did not fight against English oppression in Scotland. What are you even claiming? It is so bizarrely wrong as to be incomprehensible.
@dunnyedin Ah, you claim (and I quote), "nope." That seems definitive... Or total bullshit not consistent with history and found artifacts. A modern kilt (a pleated tartan skirt worn by men in the Scottish fashion) is derived from belted plaids and is much later (and way later that the picts that you claim). Do you think that the movie "Braveheart" is accurate? Do you think that the Scotts of that time wore kilts or that the utterly shit costumes in "Braveheart" were even a tiny bit close to accurate? Do you really think that Scots of that time wore Pictish woad?
@draci89 Wow, as a Canadian, I was always told it was us, even Googling "invention of insulin" comes up with an article about Banting and Best. It took a little more searching, but it turns out you were right, insulin was discovered by Nicolae Paulescu, who was indeed Romanian, and only isolated by Banting and Best. Still, to my mind that makes it part Romanian, part Canadian, where do Scots enter into it I wonder?
@sokolshala Go ask the Romans why they tried to conquer Scotland for over 400+ years. Go ask the English why they tried to conquer Scotland for over 300+ years. In fact, go ask Westminster why they are so afraid of Scottish independence if you lack the time machine.
@ricardocummins1988 The Picts & Scots are the same people in everyway but name, Scots was just a later term that was taken as a national term when Scotland became a nation state, also known as "Alba" - in Scots-Gaelic which is a Pictish root word that is cognate with Albion, it describes the whole isles, same as every nation in the world, tribes who then became nation states. The biggest in Scotland was Caledonii- to which was Latinised as Caledonia by the Romans. Caledonia ~ Alba ~ Scotland.
