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Interview partner: young man (about 20)

Interviewer.: Do you originally come from Scotland?
Young man: Aye!
I.: Where were you born?
y.m.: (says name of a town)
I.: Where is that?
y.m.: It’s a town about 30 miles from here.
I.: Do you like it here?
y.m.: No, not at all.
I.: Why not?
y.m.: It’s too cold and too noisy.
I.: So, where would you like to go then?
y.m.: (thinks about it for a few seconds)…Cyprus!
I.: Alright.
I.: What is special about Edinburgh?
y.m.: I think the tourism probably.
I.: Okay.
I.: Do you think Scotland will soon get the Euro?
y.m. Yeah.
I.: Why?
y.m.: Because everybody else does, so…

Interview partner: older man (about 65)

Interviewer: Guess what country we are from?
Old man: Australia.
I.: No, we are not from an English-speaking country…
o.m.: Canada? America?
I.: No, Germany.
I.: What is typical German or typical Scottish?
o.m.: Typical German…What do you mean? Well, we’ve got the kilts across here and the Germans got the “Lederhosen”[…]
group: Yeah!
o.m.: What more do you want?
I.: We meant the characters of the people, how they are…
o.m.: Ah, they [the Germans] are very friendly here and they talk to everyone. Like me, you see? (laughs) Talk to everyone…and they are very pleasant.