To avoid embarrassment it is important to remember that "Scotch" is what you drink and "Scots" are the people. .................. and yet we have the Scotch Guards but the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, not forgetting delicious Scotch eggs (cooked egg in a ball of sausage meat), the beauty and variety of the English (!) language !

Sorry to be pedantic but it is the "Scots Guards" Formed in 1642 as King James I's (James VI of Scotland)Royal Guard. I'll join you in the Scotch Eggs mind you! Terry PS What is it that they say about the British and the Americans - "peoples divided by a common language"? > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 06 June 2005 10:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Subject: RE: [IRISH-NYC] Definition---"Scotch Irish?" > > > To avoid embarrassment it is important to remember that "Scotch" is what > you > drink and "Scots" are the people. > > .................. and yet we have the Scotch Guards but the Royal Scots > Dragoon Guards, not forgetting delicious Scotch eggs (cooked egg in a ball > of > sausage meat), the beauty and variety of the English (!) language ! > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > To unsub, send an email with "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) to either: > [email protected] (List Version) > [email protected] (Digest Version) > You can also unsubscribe from the website: > http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx