'Scots'/'Scotch'

[Christian Mumford]

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>Maybe the UK folk on the list can explain this:  Why is it 'Scots' in
>the UK, but in the US it's 'Scotch' or Scotish?  For instance, we
>Americs. refer to the species of tree as Scotch Pine wheras in the UK
>it's called Scots Pine.  Also, more importanly, what do you call the
>spirit, Scotch or Scots, and why do we spell whiskey different than
>you do?
>theo
>
>


Scotch is a Whiskey, but not a Scotsman (at least as far as I know)......
There's a lot of different ways of spelling within the English language
(British or USA...or Scots?) - take 'color' and 'colour' for example...

Christian


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