Don't ever, ever say that. At least, after eight years in Scotland I have learned that one. Scotch is what you drink.
Today I realised I had to go out and do my messages. At the shop counter I was asked, "Is that you then ?", to which I replied, putting my messages in my bag, "Aye, that's me". The crazy thing is, I didny even think about it and I am as English as buttered toast. God knows what they will think I am when I finally move back down South. I shall have to remember not to ask for a sengle fesh.
For those of you who are thinking of visiting, watch the following. (The clip disallows embedding)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnKPnPhhYw
4 comments:
Yiz went yer ain messages? Zatno hellish no? Mrs Jim gets sent oot furra punna mince an totties furrer man's tea. That's hur wance shizgoat thon.
I saw some prat of a Lahndahn Times reviewer complaining of the 'impenetrable accents' in Peter Mullan's new film, 'Neds'.
Nae doot she prefers French.
It wid gie ye the dry boak soatwid
Oooohh, I thought you were Scottish!!
Also, didn't Dr. Johnson use the term?
It's correct English to refer to anything of Scottish origin as 'Scotch'. 'Scots' is a 'Scots' word. A person is Scots', an object is Scotch, in Scots. Scotch whisky is correct in Scots, as is Scotch mist. Scotchman is not: in Scots, the word is 'Scotsman'. But any Scotsman who objects to being called a 'Scotchman' by an English person does not respect the English person's right to speak their own language.
Thank you Jim. So now we both know. Foxy, Johnson was English, his biographer, Boswell, was a Scot. Johnson did a tour of Scotland with Boswell. All I can say is about that narrative is, thank goodness for the locals that he was not writing for tripadvisor.
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