{"id":21135,"date":"2012-07-06T15:12:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T12:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=21135"},"modified":"2012-07-06T15:12:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T12:12:38","slug":"japans-are-taught-never-call-a-scottish-english-21135","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/japans-are-taught-never-call-a-scottish-english-21135\/","title":{"rendered":"Japans are taught; \u2018 never call a Scottish English\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new guide book for Japanese tourists visiting Scotland has warned them to avoid people wearing football shirts, and not to eat flat sausages.<\/h1>\n

The first official Japanese tour guide to Scotland also suggests visitors avoid council estates and never call kilts “skirts”.<\/p>\n

Written in Japanese, The Insider’s Guide to Scotland is published by Edinburgh-based Luath Press.<\/p>\n

VisitScotland said the comments should be taken with a “pinch of salt”.<\/p>\n

In the book, potential visitors are told never to approach men wearing green or blue football tops, but to make sure they go on a pub crawl and get “merrily drunk” on Scottish whisky.<\/p>\n

The book recommends that tourists try Mackie’s honeycomb ice-cream and ginger marmalade, but to give Lorne sausages a miss.<\/p>\n

One of the book’s authors, Akiko Elliot, said: “I believe more Japanese will find the nature and culture of Scotland interesting and fascinating.<\/p>\n

“Until now the emphasis of Scottish tourism was on visiting famous historical sites or playing golf, but younger people are showing a keen interest.”<\/p>\n

The tourist guide advises Japanese tourists on how to buy drinks at a local pub, including instructions on buying “a round”, and also suggests visitors should have a “kitty” when going out as a group.<\/p>\n

But the book is less positive about Scotland’s service sector, warning: “Please do not expect to have the same quick, polite and accurate service here to compare with Japanese service at shops, restaurants and hotels.<\/p>\n

“Be patient anywhere in Scotland, it is not Japan.”<\/p>\n

The book also warns Japanese visitors “never” to call a Scottish person English.<\/p>\n\n

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