LA Times circa 1919

[macwilkin]

A good read is The Scotch by the late John Kenneth Galbraith the celebrated Harvard economist who wrote this book about his early years in south western Ontario Canada. It sold well and may be in some used book stores.
He refered to the word Scots as sounding pretensious to the pioneers of that area who were mostly from Argylshire Scotland.

Well said that man. I had forgotten about Galbraith's book.

I think Chef's point about the change in language over time is a valid one, as well as the point that Galbraith made about "Scots" sounding "snobby". Nowadays most people prefer "Scots" to "Scotch".

It's very similar to the term "Coona**", which at one time was a very perjorative term for a Cajun (for that matter, the term Cajun itself was a slur until recently) -- Today, the word is actually embraced by the Cajun community. My mother-in-law frequently refers to herself as one.

Regards,

Todd