Reply to post: Re: What do they call them in Scotland?

Post-pub nosh neckfiller: The MIGHTY Scotch egg

Vincent Ballard

Re: What do they call them in Scotland?

You could try innocently asking said prescriptivists what their take is on applying the adjective "Scotch" to the noun "bard", and see how many recognise the title of the Burns poem "On a Scotch Bard, gone to the West Indies".

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