LL-L "Names" 2003.04.16 (06) [E]

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From: Gavin.Falconer at gmx.net <Gavin.Falconer at gmx.net>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2003.04.16 (01) [E]

"Scots" is the native word and "Scotch" an eighteenth-century abbreviated
form of English "Scottish".  It was certainly customary for Scots people to
refer to themselves as "Scotch" at one time, even if we don't do so now.
Likewise, Scots-speakers in Ulster often refer to their language as
"Scotch".  The
use of the word "Scotch" can cause mild offence or head-shaking when used
impishly, but that should not apply to historical use or use by someone from
a
country which simply uses another word for some or all contexts.

It is interesting that the Scots have changed the way they refer to
themselves from "Scottis" to "Scotch" to "Scottish" to, increasingly,
"Scots".  It's
interesting that Lang Rob o the Mill in Lewis Grassic Gibbon's 'Sunset Song'
makes a plea for "Scotch".  Perhaps this is a milder form of the way
African-Americans have changed their name for themselves.  Both might be
traced to a
feeling of insecurity and attempts to raise communal self-esteem.

--
All the best,

Gavin

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