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From: "Lenard E. Mc Donald" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Scots-Irish
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 09:00:57 -0700
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Hear, Hear!


Gary Rea wrote:

> Lengthy pedigree or not, the man is right. The use of "Scotch" instead of
> "Scots" or "Scottish" is simply poor grammar. Period. Always has been,
> always will be. Forget trying to defend it. It's as wrong as trying to
> defend the mispronunciation of the Spanish name Valdez as VALDEEZ. The fact
> that people have mispronounced it for a long time, or that a lot of people
> do doesn't make it any less wrong to do so.
>
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark May" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:05 AM
> Subject: RE: [DNA] Scots-Irish
>
> > This is OT so briefly: the term Scotch-Irish has an extremely long
> > pedigree in America and was used widely by people of Scotch Irish descent
> > to describe themselves as long ago as the 18th century. Attempts to
> > squelch use of the term are quite recent. The use of this term for Whiskey
> > is also originally American, and not typical in Scotland. I am a Scot too
> > and love to argue so email me privately if you want to get into this.
> >
> > J Mark May
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rick Stirling [SMTP:]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:16 AM
> > To:
> > Subject: [DNA] Scots-Irish
> >
> > Somewhat OT but it needs to be said.
> >
> > There are only 3 things in this world properly called SCOTCH
> >
> > 1. Scotch Whiskey
> > 2. Scotch Eggs
> > 3. Scotch Mist
> >
> > The term is not properly used to describe people. The proper terms are
> > Scot, Scots or Scottish.
> >
> > So in the instant case the proper term is Scots-Irish.
> >
> > Thank you for your time.
> >
> > Slainte!
> > William R. Stirling
> > 25th generation Scotman and proud of it. ;-)
> >
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