I guess I am scotch irish

[thedailyflash]

names in my tree that are scots irish names or scotch low landers islanders

[Polwarth]

Lowlanders are one thing - islanders another.

BTW, whilst many Americans claim 'Scotch'/Irish as their ancestry, we here in the country of origin prefer Scottish or Scots. We no longer use 'Scotch' to describe ourselves, only for foodstuffs like Scotch pies, Scotch eggs, and what Americans call our whisky.

We are SCOTS.

[thedailyflash]

yeah but over in USA i think we use the term scotch irish and most of us live abroad

maybe it will turn out im more related to William Wallace than king Edward-i dont think thats true for me, but just rollo a viking who is related to him

[thedailyflash]

but scots used to use term scotch for people?

i guess im related to a family"Alexander"and others

[Babz]

Please Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms Flash take note of what a Scot is telling you(Polwarth)...they are Scots
or Scottish not scotch.

To be called scotch is definately an insult to some.

Polwarth said:

"We no longer use 'Scotch' to describe ourselves," and you seem to be questioning
her comment, she knows better than the un-scots what are terms in Scotland.

I do not understand why this post is in clans as you never mentioned any clans in the first post
of the thread !!

So it is being moved into the 'INN' until it can be decided where it belongs !!

[Polwarth]

Gaun yersel, Babz.

Trying to get a numpty to understand WHY we find 'Scotch-Irish' a wee bit insulting is a lost cause! This American who doesn't have a clue is obviously a case in point!

[aNonnyMoose]

There's a lot of it about, Polwarth - and we're used to being lectured on what Scotland is/was/seems to be by people who have never been here or lived here, but continue to fantasise that they're somehow "Scottish", as opposed to partially descended from a Scot several generations ago...