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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail=_C47DCB74-208B-4F27-989D-AF550CAB79D1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I would respectfully disagree regarding the =E2=80=9Cvulgarism=E2=80=9D = argument. The use of =E2=80=9CScotch=E2=80=9D is widespread throughout = both Scotland and Canada and was used extensively by the bard, Robbie = Burns, himself. John Kenneth Galbraith wrote a book called =E2=80=9CThe = Scotch=E2=80=9D about his antecedents who settled around Lake Erie and = the term was and still is widely used in Glengarry county and environs = in Upper Canada. Cheers, Jim James King Sou'west House 273 Dauphinee Drive RR#2 Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada B0J 1T0 1-902-857-1189 (Home) 1-902-857-1926 (Fax) 1-902-448-9899 (Mobile) jamesking@eastlink.ca > On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:12 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: >=20 > On 3/10/2016 11:43 AM, D W Bridgehouse wrote: >=20 >> Is there a diff between Scots Pine and Scotch Pine ?? we have scotch >> pine in NS do we not ?? >=20 > * Pinus sylvestris - "Scotch" is regarded as a vulgarism because of = the resemblance to the beverage. >=20 > fred. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ > Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ --Apple-Mail=_C47DCB74-208B-4F27-989D-AF550CAB79D1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">I would respectfully disagree regarding the =E2=80=9Cvulgarism=E2= =80=9D argument. The use of =E2=80=9CScotch=E2=80=9D is widespread = throughout both Scotland and Canada and was used extensively by the = bard, Robbie Burns, himself. John Kenneth Galbraith wrote a book called = =E2=80=9CThe Scotch=E2=80=9D about his antecedents who settled around = Lake Erie and the term was and still is widely used in Glengarry county = and environs in Upper Canada.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Cheers,</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Jim</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: = auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; = orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">James King</div><div = style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" = class=3D"">Sou'west House</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New = Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">273 Dauphinee Drive = RR#2</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; = widows: 2;" class=3D"">Hubbards, Nova Scotia, Canada</div><div = style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" = class=3D"">B0J 1T0</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; = orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">1-902-857-1189 (Home)</div><div = style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" = class=3D"">1-902-857-1926 (Fax)</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times = New Roman'; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=3D"">1-902-448-9899 = (Mobile)</div><div style=3D"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; orphans: 2; = widows: 2;" class=3D""><a href=3D"mailto:jamesking@eastlink.ca" = class=3D"">jamesking@eastlink.ca</a></div></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Mar 10, 2016, at 13:12 PM, Fred Schueler <<a = href=3D"mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca" class=3D"">bckcdb@istar.ca</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 3/10/2016 11:43 AM, D W Bridgehouse wrote:<br class=3D""><br= class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">Is there a diff between = Scots Pine and Scotch Pine ?? we have scotch<br class=3D"">pine in NS do = we not ??<br class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">* Pinus sylvestris - = "Scotch" is regarded as a vulgarism because of the resemblance to the = beverage.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">fred.<br = class=3D"">------------------------------------------------------------<br= class=3D""> = Frederick W. = Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br class=3D"">Daily Paintings - <a = href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/" = class=3D"">http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/</a><br = class=3D"">Vulnerable Watersheds - <a = href=3D"http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/" = class=3D"">http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/</a><br class=3D"">Mudpuppy= Night in Oxford Mills - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm" = class=3D"">http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm</a><br class=3D""> = RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0<br = class=3D""> on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* = 42'W<br class=3D""> (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at <a = href=3D"http://istar.ca" class=3D"">istar.ca</a>> <a = href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/" class=3D"">http://pinicola.ca/</a><br = class=3D"">------------------------------------------------------------<br= class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><br = class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_C47DCB74-208B-4F27-989D-AF550CAB79D1--
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