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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread scot free #105092 06/08/03 11:05 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve OP Carpal Tunnel OP Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA The expression "scot free" usually means to escape payment or punishment. If it is derived from some notion about the frugality of the good people of Scotland, why isn't it capitalized? If it refers to the Dred Scott decision (in the sense that he escaped to freedom), why isn't it spelled with two t's? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted scot free Father Steve 06/08/03 11:05 PM Re: scot free Faldage 06/08/03 11:29 PM And the answer is ... Father Steve 06/09/03 12:06 AM Re: And the answer is ... Buffalo Shrdlu 06/09/03 12:08 AM Extending the thread Father Steve 06/09/03 12:13 AM Re: Extending the thread Buffalo Shrdlu 06/09/03 12:16 AM Re: Extending the thread sjm 06/09/03 12:26 AM Re: Extending the thread birdfeed 06/09/03 01:42 PM Re: Extending the thread Capfka 06/10/03 08:21 AM Re: Baseball-like Statistics WhitmanO'Neill 06/10/03 09:16 PM Re: Baseball-like Statistics Capfka 06/10/03 09:21 PM Re: Baseball-like Statistics WhitmanO'Neill 06/10/03 09:24 PM Baseball-like Statistics Father Steve 06/09/03 12:31 AM Re: Baseball-like Statistics sjm 06/09/03 12:34 AM Re: Baseball-like Statistics Alex Williams 06/09/03 01:03 AM Re: Baseball-like Statistics Bingley 06/09/03 01:04 AM Re: Baseball-like Statistics sjm 06/09/03 01:04 AM Re: Baseball-like Statistics Capfka 06/09/03 07:45 AM Re: Baseball-like Statistics Faldage 06/09/03 09:45 AM ...where angels fear.... wofahulicodoc 06/10/03 11:45 PM Re: ...where angels fear.... Faldage 06/11/03 12:07 AM Re: Faldage and WON trading insults Zed 06/11/03 12:21 AM Re: ...where angels fear.... the Red Sox cringe Buffalo Shrdlu 06/11/03 01:07 AM Re: ...where angels fear.... the Red Sox cringe WhitmanO'Neill 06/11/03 03:08 AM Re: ...where angels fear.... the Red Sox cringe Buffalo Shrdlu 06/11/03 09:25 AM Re: ...where angels fear.... the Red Sox cringe Faldage 06/11/03 10:20 AM Re: ...where angels fear.... the Red Sox cringe WhitmanO'Neill 06/11/03 10:53 AM Re: ...where angels fear, porches get climbed Faldage 06/11/03 12:51 PM Re: ...where cubbies roam, pennants get flagged WhitmanO'Neill 06/11/03 09:03 PM Re: ...where cubbies roam, pennants get flagged dxb 06/12/03 06:45 AM Re: ...where cubbies roam, pennants get flagged tsuwm 06/12/03 11:39 AM A message from our sponsors ... Capfka 06/14/03 10:09 PM Re: And the answer is ... grapho 03/04/04 02:51 AM Re: And the answer is ... RhubarbCommando 03/04/04 01:20 PM Re: Well, at last! Capfka 03/05/04 04:03 PM Re: And the answer is ... grapho 03/06/04 01:28 AM knitting the thread grapho 03/06/04 10:22 AM no flies on frank, no cooties on me! of troy 03/06/04 01:43 PM Ruling the roost grapho 03/06/04 02:02 PM When tinkers rule the roost, TEd Remington 03/06/04 05:44 PM Re: When tinkers rule the roost, grapho 03/06/04 06:43 PM Re: When tinkers rule the roost, TEd Remington 03/07/04 11:06 PM Re: When tinkers rule the roost, grapho 03/07/04 11:33 PM Re: scot free Jackie 03/04/04 02:13 AM Re: scot free wwh 03/04/04 02:58 AM Re: scot free Father Steve 03/04/04 04:38 AM Re: scot free Jackie 03/04/04 01:12 PM imposter grapho 03/04/04 01:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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