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Innocenti · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:00 am Post subject:

nice one did you take any pics ????????
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jbhoy67 · Inspector Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 188 Location: glasgow

good to see you had a nice time in the best wee country in the world all welcome even the dickheads that call us tight and scotch Embarassed

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klunky · troop Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 44

Yes i took some piccys will try and get them on here. did not take as many as i should cos was enjoying the riding around to much, if you stopped to take a picture of every awesome sight you would not get anywhere!! Very Happy

I can honestly say jbhoy67 we met a few highland folk and all were very friendly we ended up sharing a few single malts with them. weather was superb on monday so we walked up Ben Nevis superb views.
Wish i could make the tour with you guys but out of the country when you go Crying or Very sad

smudger · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:51 pm Post subject:

I'm slightly confused as to why a scotch person, would call someone a dickhead for calling them scotch?

I enjoy a bit of banter as much as anyone, this just confused me?

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Maver · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

smudger · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

jetex · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject:

Scottish people are called Scots, not Scotch ( that's their national drink ).

smudger · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject:

I know english is a fucked up laguage but you have scotch pies, scotch eggs, scotch pancakes, scotch broth, scotch wiskey, why not scotch people?

Confused

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Maver · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

smudger · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

jetex · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject:

Perhaps we should ' scotch ' this topic then ? Confused

smudger · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject:

jbhoy67 · Inspector Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 188 Location: glasgow

scotch as a verb At first glance, it seems logical that "scotch," meaning to abruptly deflate or disprove a rumor or theory, would have its origins in Scotland. The Scots are known as frugal, no-nonsense folk who do not suffer fools or foolishness gladly. It's easy to imagine that a dour Scotsman's contempt for wild rumors and silly theories would become legend.

But "scotch" in this usage has nothing to do with Scotland, Scots or the supposed Scottish national temperament. "Scot" in reference to the people of Scotland comes from the late Latin word "Scottus," possibly an adaptation of a name given to the Gaelic inhabitants of Scotland by the ancient Britons or Gauls.

The "scotch" in "scotch a rumor," however, comes from the Old French word "escocher," meaning "to cut." In the case of your example, it means to "cut out" or destroy a rumor, just as a sudden thunderstorm can "scotch" a family's plans for a weekend at the beach.. It is, in fact, the same non-Scottish "scotch" as found in the name of the children's game "hopscotch," referring to the playing lines cut into or drawn on the ground.

While we're at it, butterscotch candy doesn't come from you-know-where. It's called that because it is made with butter and is usually cut ("scotched") into small pieces. So we see that all that's "scotch" is not Scottish. However, as a consolation to lovers of Scotland, we doubt that all these echoes of an obsolete French verb would ever have lasted so long in English usage were it not for their evocation of noble Scottish ancestry. Embarassed

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jbhoy67 · Inspector Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 188 Location: glasgow

SCOTCH ;TO PUT AN END TO SO LETS DO THAT
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Innocenti · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 12:26 pm Post subject:

THANK GOD FOR THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shocked

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