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Historically, both forms have been used, but 'Scots' has become the preferred form on both sides of the Atlantic. I could see how someone who does a lot of historical research might get used to 'Scotch' since that spelling crops up so often in older scholarship.
At any rate, I defer to the saying, "Scotch refers to whiskey and eggs."
My own thinking is that they were referred to as scotch but when whisky became very commercialized they took on the scots name to show the difference.
My own thinking is that they were referred to as scotch but when whisky became very commercialized they took on the scots name to show the difference.
Re Scotch, Scots,Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish I came across this wee book in a church hall sale. It was printed in Scotland. There is no date given in it but I reckon the 1930s
Maybe this is off-topic, but don't forget the Highlanders, the first of whom immigrated to Savanah and Darien, GA.
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