This is very true. I will refrain from using that shorthand form in the future.
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He was your perfectly balanced west of Scotland cliche. Chip on both shoulders!
sep 3, 2025, 12:12 am • 36 0 • view
Actually, I think we always use Scots-Irish. I was just picking it up from the transcript of that stupid speech.
sep 3, 2025, 12:12 am • 2 0 • view
Dolly Parton says 'Scotch-Irish' herself so I'm guessing it's acceptable terminology in those communities.
sep 3, 2025, 12:14 am • 6 0 • view
As an American idiom, “Scotch-Irish” isn’t considered an insult. Tho, every pasty JV Catholic in America who doesn’t have the social status to be a proper WASP calls themselves Scotch-Irish. Even if no branch of their family tree goes through Ulster County.
sep 3, 2025, 2:42 am • 1 0 • view
Still makes me yearn (once again) for an edit button!
sep 3, 2025, 12:16 am • 1 0 • view