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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_02962BA6-E6AF-47E3-8C17-34540BA9C622 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 OK, point taken, thanks. Jim James King Sou'west House 273 Dauphinee Drive RR#2 Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada B0J 1T0 1-902-857-1189 (Home) 1-902-857-1926 (Fax) 1-902-448-9899 (Mobile) jamesking@eastlink.ca > On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:54 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: >=20 > On 3/10/2016 12:41 PM, James King wrote: >> I would respectfully disagree regarding the =E2=80=9Cvulgarism=E2=80=9D= argument. The >> use of =E2=80=9CScotch=E2=80=9D is widespread throughout both = Scotland and Canada and >> was used extensively by the bard, Robbie Burns, himself. John Kenneth >> Galbraith wrote a book called =E2=80=9CThe Scotch=E2=80=9D 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. >=20 > * 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. >=20 > fred. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D >>=20 >>=20 >>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:12 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca >>> <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote: >>>=20 >>> On 3/10/2016 11:43 AM, D W Bridgehouse wrote: >>>=20 >>>> Is there a diff between Scots Pine and Scotch Pine ?? we have = scotch >>>> pine in NS do we not ?? >>>=20 >>> * Pinus sylvestris - "Scotch" is regarded as a vulgarism because of >>> the resemblance to the beverage. >>>=20 >>> fred. >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> 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/ >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>=20 >=20 > --=20 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ --Apple-Mail=_02962BA6-E6AF-47E3-8C17-34540BA9C622 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">OK, point taken, thanks.<div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Jim</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: = auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; = orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">James King</div><div = style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" = class=3D"">Sou'west House</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New = Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">273 Dauphinee Drive = RR#2</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; = widows: 2;" class=3D"">Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada</div><div = style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" = class=3D"">B0J 1T0</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; = orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">1-902-857-1189 (Home)</div><div = style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" = class=3D"">1-902-857-1926 (Fax)</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times = New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">1-902-448-9899 = (Mobile)</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; = widows: 2;" class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:jamesking@eastlink.ca" = class=3D"">jamesking@eastlink.ca</a></div></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br class=3D""><div style=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:54 PM, Fred Schueler <<a = href=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca" class=3D"">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 3/10/2016 12:41 PM, James King wrote:<br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">I would respectfully = disagree regarding the =E2=80=9Cvulgarism=E2=80=9D argument. The<br = class=3D"">use of =E2=80=9CScotch=E2=80=9D is widespread throughout both = Scotland and Canada and<br class=3D"">was used extensively by the bard, = Robbie Burns, himself. John Kenneth<br class=3D"">Galbraith wrote a book = called =E2=80=9CThe Scotch=E2=80=9D about his antecedents who<br = class=3D"">settled around Lake Erie and the term was and still is widely = used in<br class=3D"">Glengarry county and environs in Upper Canada.<br = class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">* 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.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">fred.<br = c