XPost: uk.politics.misc, scot.politics   
   From: jennings&coltd@fastmail.fm   
      
   On 29/07/2020 14:41, Incubus wrote:   
   > On 2020-07-29, Paul Elam  wrote:   
   >> On 29/07/2020 12:22, abelard wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> from 8 to 10   
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   >> "Scotch" is a drink you moron.   
   >   
   > As a noun it is, although one should note that it is a shortened form of   
   > "Scotch whiskey".  "Scotch" is also, and originally, an adjective that is an   
   > alternative word for "Scottish", whence the name of the drink originally was   
   > derived.   
      
   I'm sure that "Scotch" is itself of Scottish origins. I have heard of it   
   being used as a reference to particular dialects of English as used in   
   Scotland.   
      
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