tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post8161228857117133661..comments2023-04-09T16:07:39.987+01:00Comments on Wrinkled Weasel's World: Parliamo Scotch?Wrinkled Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-14411120957967696832011-01-25T22:58:56.293+00:002011-01-25T22:58:56.293+00:00Thank you Jim. So now we both know. Foxy, Johnson ...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.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-35755503874459969162011-01-25T20:54:44.042+00:002011-01-25T20:54:44.042+00:00It's correct English to refer to anything of S...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.Jim Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817293012642419524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-8224610740733909932011-01-25T20:01:39.316+00:002011-01-25T20:01:39.316+00:00Oooohh, I thought you were Scottish!!
Also, didn...Oooohh, I thought you were Scottish!! <br />Also, didn't Dr. Johnson use the term?Foxy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492883615536847926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19662178.post-55607017364420869602011-01-25T16:56:26.604+00:002011-01-25T16:56:26.604+00:00Yiz went yer ain messages? Zatno hellish no? Mrs J...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.<br /><br />I saw some prat of a Lahndahn Times reviewer complaining of the 'impenetrable accents' in Peter Mullan's new film, 'Neds'.<br /><br />Nae doot she prefers French.<br /><br />It wid gie ye the dry boak soatwidJim Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817293012642419524noreply@blogger.com