LL-L "Etymology" 2004.05.02 (05) [E]

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From: Ruth & Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2004.05.01 (01) [E]

With apologies to all, particularly to Sandy;
    Is the translation of the 'English' 'scot-free' into 'Inglis' indeed
"scart-free (literally, "scratch-free")" or just more fun?
    Actually, I read 'scot free' as meaning 'tax free' or else 'free of
charge' in modern English.
    For example we have the 'Rome-Scot' alias 'Peter's Penny', instituted in
King Alfred's England, being a tax of all his subjects, paid to the Holy
See. Sceatt, skat or scot, & all the cognates in the Lowland languages or
dialects surely means treasure, jewel, rent, tax, or some item of value.
This is certainly the case in Afrikaans: 'Skat' = 'treasure, wealth, argosy,
precious one & Dearest ---'; GROOT WOORDEBOEK, Kritzinger en Steyn. Also in
Anglo-Saxon: 'Sceatt' = 'property, money, sum, payment, tribute, rent ---';
The Student's Dictionary of ANGLO-SAXON, H. Sweet. & Modern English: Now
here 'scot' = 'a payment, esp. a customary tax: a share of a reckoning (also
shot). - adj. scot-free, free from scot: untaxed: entirely free from
expense, injury, etc. ---'; Chamber's 20th CENTURY DICTIONARY.
    Yrs Sincerely,
Mark

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From: ezinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Names" 2004.05.01 (01) [E]

Hi all,

Sandy, it might interest you that we use 'skotvry' also in Afrikaans.
I doubt that it's derived from 'Scots'.

Regards
Elsie Zinsser
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English -          Scots
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Scotch  -          Scots (sometimes "Scotch")
Scottish -         Scottis (but now usually "Scottish")
hopscotch -        pickies, peevers
butterscotch -     butterscotch
scot-free -        scart-free (literally, "scratch-free")

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