Scottish or Scot(s) - adjective or noun

aside from being a blend, Canadian whisky is actually rye whisky.

and on another curious cultural note, Irish & US whiskey have the "e"
while Scotch & Rye don't.

Lauraine

janice klein wrote:

>To add a bit of cultural commentary to this, my friends north of Hadrian's
>Wall tell me that Scotch is either whiskey or tape, but the people are
>Scottish.  I also, echo Jerry's appreciation of Indigo's hard work on our
>behalf.
>
>janice
>
>Janice Klein
>Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of Jerry Fahey
>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:19 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: On Looting, Let's Be Fair To All
>
>
>This is only meant as constructive criticism:
>I believe Crown Royal is a blend of Canadian whiskeys and
>therefore shouldn't be confused with Scotch.
>I apologize to anyone who thinks this info is not
>suitable for this List Serve. I am a Scotch drinker and was
>a bartender in a previous life. To me this is important stuff.
>And once again, Indigo, I thank you for the time you
>put into this and the other sites.
>
>Jerry Fahey
>Exhibits Designer
>The University Museum
>S.I.U.E.
>
>
>Indigo Nights wrote:
>
>>What's my point?
>>
>>I'm hearing America bashing, UK bashing in the
>>discussions that followed this thread.  The thread was
>>the result of ONE article based in Scotland.
>>
>>My point was to show that the world has opinions on
>>this matter, that looting historically has transpired,
>>there is a large volume of incredibly valuable
>>artifacts to be protected, the incidences didn't start
>>with the Scotch publication (which is making me want
>>to drink some right now--Crown Royal please), that
>>looting of a nonartifactual basis is now ongoing in
>>Iraq by the indigenous peoples, so don't just presume
>>it's us, that the war causes huge pissing contents
>>among normally civil people, and that one should get a
>>well-rounded perspective on this subject and not fly
>>off the seat of one's pants trying to attack or defend
>>one's flag.
>>
>>Goodness gracious. I think I'm exasperated by the
>>question.
>>
>>Indigo Nights
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