LL-L "Games" 2004.09.18 (06) [E]

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From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Games" 2004.09.18 (02) [E]

> From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
> Subject: "Games" [E]
>
> > From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
> > Subject: LL-L "Games" 2004.09.17 (03) [E/S]
> >
> > > Yes - "pickies", "peevers" or some other names in Scots, but never
> > > "hopscotch". I suppose this suggests it's a Scottish game after all.
> >
> > By the way, the "scotch" in "hopscotch" refers to the lines or scratches
> on
> > the pavement, which the players hop over.
>
> That's interesting - could you explain further?

Certainly.  According to the American Heritage Dictionary (2nd College
Edition, which is what I have at home - I know, I need to get a more recent
dictionary), "scotch" is defined, as a verb, as "1. to cut or score" and as
a noun as "1. a surface cut or abrasion 2. a line drawn on the ground, such
as one used in playing hopscotch".  The etymology is given as: ME
_scocchen_, perh. < AN _escocher_, to notch : _es-_ (intensive < Lat. _ex-_)
+ OFr. _coche_, notch."

> What about "butterscotch"?

That I don't know.  I think it's from "scorch", but I'm probably wrong about
that.

Kevin Caldwell

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