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Really?Originally posted by DanS
That might be correct, strictly speaking. But we always use "Scotch Irish" on this side of the pond, so it has become an acceptable moniker.
Don't use the phrase Scotch to describe a person if a genuine Scot is in earshot.
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I'm sure they would get over it.
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My family came to Tennessee in the early 1800's...both sides of it. My mother's side is Scottish...my father's English. Both were from small communities that were very homogeneous and maintained the ethnic backgrounds quite well. Once mobility became common (mailnly after WWII), things started to change. My first wife was very predominantly German...my second is French-Irish.
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I guess I fit right in up here in New England... I'm English/Italian. Look at all those bloody Irish, though...
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My girlfriends reaction would vary from looking angry and saying "I'm not a drink" to kicking you depending on how well she knew you.Originally posted by DanS
I'm sure they would get over it.
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Come over and try it sometime, believe me, they don't like it!!Originally posted by DanS
I'm sure they would get over it.
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Look what happens to the American in trainspotting.
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Unfortunately, we are countries divided by a common language. "I'm not a drink" would get blank stares on this side of the pond. Maybe even admission into drug rehab.Originally posted by MikeH
My girlfriends reaction would vary from looking angry and saying "I'm not a drink" to kicking you depending on how well she knew you.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Huh? You call whiskey scotch there don't you?
So if you call her scotch and she says she's not a drink that's perfectly understandable?
Anyway, just helpful advice for if you meet any Scots.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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We just use the older term. No offense meant.Last edited by DanS; January 10, 2006, 12:07.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Yeah I know, I don't care. I call my gf scotch all the time.
She kicks me.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
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You and your girlfriend?Originally posted by MikeH
Yeah I know, I don't care. I call my gf scotch all the time.
She kicks me.
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