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The Professor,
"On a side note, a friend of mine is from Texas, and whenever I walk into the room he always says "How y'all doing?" My usual response is to take a quick peek down the front of my pants and say "We're all fine!""
This makes me wonder if your friend does not originally hail from west of the Rockies or north of the Ohio, as any native Southron would know that "y'all" is only applied to more than one person. Were he enquiring after your health as well as the health of your kinfolk not present, he would properly ask "How's your mama'n'em?"
"On a side note, a friend of mine is from Texas, and whenever I walk into the room he always says "How y'all doing?" My usual response is to take a quick peek down the front of my pants and say "We're all fine!""
This makes me wonder if your friend does not originally hail from west of the Rockies or north of the Ohio, as any native Southron would know that "y'all" is only applied to more than one person. Were he enquiring after your health as well as the health of your kinfolk not present, he would properly ask "How's your mama'n'em?"
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"39. My favourite one was where Americans claimed their family were "Scotch-Irish". This of course it totally inaccurate, as even if it were possible, it would be "Scots" not "Scotch", which as I pointed out is a drink. James, Somerset"
Dearest James,
While "Scotch-Irish" is somewhat incorrect, the term "Scots-Irish" is not only possible, but common through much of the US.
(It refers to Ulster Scots. Here they are a significant slice of the 'Murrican demographic, especially in the Southeast.)
Dearest James,
While "Scotch-Irish" is somewhat incorrect, the term "Scots-Irish" is not only possible, but common through much of the US.
(It refers to Ulster Scots. Here they are a significant slice of the 'Murrican demographic, especially in the Southeast.)
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It was also for putting meat in the pot if they came down off course in BFE Siberia.
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"Scots-Irish? Scot can be used as a noun to describe a person from Scotland, so scots is the plural of that. However in the context you are using the word it is incorrect. Scottish would be correct.
My ancestors are Irish, Welsh and Scottish. I prefer to describe them as Celts. It's easier."
'Scots-Irish' as a term would indeed be meaningless in the United Kingdom, as it specifically denotes a particular wave of immigrants in North America. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots-Irish_American)
Which river in England is Mississippi?
Ask any resident of Appalachia whose family has been there since the 18th Century their ancestry, and you will be told "Scots-Irish-Cherokee". Amazingly enough, the Cherokee part was always a princess.