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From: archer@hsi.UUCP (Yrrag Rehcra)
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Subject: Re: Scotch and Scot and Scottish
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Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 08:51:46 EDT
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In response to 
> In article <718@argon.idec.stc.co.uk> normanh@idec.stc.co.uk (Norman Hilton) writes:
> >.......


> That's what I said - Chambers (1966 edition) describes "Scotch" as "being
> disliked or resented by many Scotsmen".
> 
I have read the articles posted from England discussing the usage of the word
Scotch implying anything Scottish with much interest.  My Scottish friends
and I (I am English) here in Connecticut, U.S.A., cringe when the Scots are
refered to as Scotch... AARRGGHH!  Our American friends here are amongst the
worst offenders at calling the Scots "Scotch", it gets tiresome explaining
that "Scotch" is whisky (the correct spelling, I believe, rather than whiskey...
correct me if I'm wrong!)  to use one example.

However, I did learn one thing today...

> BTW "scotch" is used in the NE of England to refer to beer brewed in the
> Scottish "heavy" style rather than the English "bitter" style - you
> often can sometimes see startled Southerners when some asks for a "pint
> of scotch". (N.B. Note that US readers may interpret this completely
> erroneously as referring to a bottle of whisky)
> 
I'm originally from Derbyshire, so I imagine the use of "scotch" for heavy
Scottish brews is Geordie dialect.
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		Garry Archer Esq.		ihnp4!hsi!archer
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