In a message dated 10/02/2007 14:56:29 GMT Standard Time, moments-in-time@houston.rr.com writes: I used to take this position too with a rather hard-headedness until I was "historically corrected". Going back through the literature into the 1600's -1800's the "Scots" were most often referred to as "Scotch". I think the crunch is in the words 'referred to' The Scots didn't call themselves Scotch ..others did...and the Scots found it irritating long before genealogy became popular. Historically names for people of other nationalities and colour are rarely anything other than derogatory so shouldn't be revived. Irene