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To: RegulatorCountry

“Scotch” is whiskey, nothing more, nothing less. All other references to the people of Scotland should be “Scot” or “Scots”—as the name implies—”Scot”-”land.”


68 posted on 07/31/2012 5:57:51 AM PDT by Sudetenland (Member of the BBB Club - Bye-Bye-Barry!!! President Barack "Down Low" Obama)
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To: Sudetenland

The term “Scotch-Irish” dates to the late 16th century and is the term by which the Scotch-Irish identify themselves. “Scotch” is an old way of saying “Scottish” that survived in the various dialects of Appalachia and beyond, wherever the Scotch-Irish settled. Scotch Pine, butterscotch, hopscotch, the state seashell of North Carolina, the Scotch Bonnet, on and on.

Your preferred usage dates to 1972.


69 posted on 07/31/2012 9:02:10 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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