A winding footpath through green highlands towards a sunlit lake and distant hills.

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Tommy

Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish?

— Trainspotting ‧ 1996

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks whether being Scottish stirs national pride, phrased as a leading question. Depending on delivery it could be sincere flag-waving or a bitter, ironic prompt, since the words alone don't settle which. Either way it invites agreement about what the nation deserves to feel proud of.

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