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On 3/10/2016 12:41 PM, James King wrote:
> I would respectfully disagree regarding the “vulgarism” argument. The
> use of “Scotch” is widespread throughout both Scotland and Canada and
> was used extensively by the bard, Robbie Burns, himself. John Kenneth
> Galbraith wrote a book called “The Scotch” about his antecedents who
> settled around Lake Erie and the term was and still is widely used in
> Glengarry county and environs in Upper Canada.
* I'm not commenting on the term 'Scotch' in general - just on what I
was taught about the choice between the terms in the common name of P.
sylvestris. "Scots Pine" gets 551,000 google hits, "Scotch Pine" 399,000
- most of the "Scotch Pine" hits on the first page, however, express the
opinion that "Scots Pine" is the preferred name.
fred.
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>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:12 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca
>> <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote:
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>> On 3/10/2016 11:43 AM, D W Bridgehouse wrote:
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>>> Is there a diff between Scots Pine and Scotch Pine ?? we have scotch
>>> pine in NS do we not ??
>>
>> * Pinus sylvestris - "Scotch" is regarded as a vulgarism because of
>> the resemblance to the beverage.
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>> fred.
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>> Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
>> Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
>> Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
>> Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
>> RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
>> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
>> (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca <http://istar.ca>>
>> http://pinicola.ca/
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Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad
Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/
Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/
Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm
RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0
on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W
(613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/
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