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That those are the only counties Americans stereotypically visit.
Which isn't close to true.
Ironically, the most unbelievably stereotypically-American tourist thing I've ever witnessed was while I was in Germany. We started chatting while renting bikes, and upon learning that I was Scottish she remarked that she was surprised I spoke English
She seemed lovely otherwise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YfRbNipdOg
Should have started speaking Gaelisch
Tha mi ag ionnsachadh a-nis, ach cha robh sas bith agam an uairsin
I mean... I've met Glaswegians.
I studied in Glasgow and one of my absolute favourite memories of the place is hearing a South Asian looking guy talking on the phone in a language I didn't understand or recognise... but I could still hear that he had a Glaswegian accent
That's when you say, "Bless your heart."
What I should've done is tell her that Scotland invented English and they stole it from us. Aberdonians actually still speak the dialect of Shakespeare, who was so successful because he was the first to popularise the language in England. The English spoke French ever since the Norman invasion, after all