regional names

[Paul Johnston]

As far as I know, yes, though there's some debate about what
"Scottis" meant during the late 1400's now, among the authorities.
During that period, though, "Inglis" could mean either English of
England, or Older Scots.


Paul Johnston
On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Robin Hamilton wrote:

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>> Yes, but he was Irish, and the Irish were the original Scoti.
>> Scotland would be Caledonia without the Gaels. (or, at least the
>> North of Scotland would)
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>> Paul Johnston
>> On Mar 21, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Robin Hamilton wrote:
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>>> Duns Scotus?
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> Ooops!  <g>
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> Slightly off the point, but am I right in thinking Gavin Douglas
> was the
> first to use the term "Scottish" (in one of the Prefaces to the
> Aeneads) to
> refer to that branch of English spoken north of the Border, and
> before that
> "Scottis" referred to gaelic?
>
> Robin
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