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On 3/10/2016 1:06 PM, James King wrote:
> OK, point taken, thanks.
* I wonder if "Scots" isn't more of an adjective, and "Scotch" more of a
noun?
fred.
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>> On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:54 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca
>> <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote:
>>
>> 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>
>>>> <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 3/10/2016 11:43 AM, D W Bridgehouse wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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