Re: [OT]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:22:33 +0000, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
wrote:

>Continuing to get OT, I recall many years ago an aged and learned
academic
>(I think it was the late A.J.P. Taylor, actually) pointing out that
>strictly and pedantically, the term "Scotch" IS the correct term for
>referring to the natives of Scotland.... it's just that they don't like
>it.....  ;-)

A lot of learned academics thought the natives of northern Canada and
Alaska
were called "eskimos" when in fact they are called Inuit. None of my
relatives
calls themselves Scotch... So, if we don't call ourselves "Scotch", how
is
"Scotch" the correct term? *L*

Oh, for the record, I'm 1/16 Irish, 1/8 Italian, 13/16 Scots, and 100%
Canadian... for now. *L* 

Allan Goodall		       awg@sympatico.ca
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