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[Facts] why
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simon
(tteaspoon)
7/4/2003, 1:37 PM
why do people call scottish people jock and welsh people taffy
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Sophia
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7/24/2003, 8:10 AM
Jock
is the Scottish pronounciation of
Jack
, so it comes from that, as a joke.
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Caprice
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7/5/2003, 1:48 PM
I've read that Taffy is a Welsh nn for David. St. David is Wales' patron saint.
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el
(eleri2)
7/4/2003, 2:26 PM
taffy comes from the river taff in wales, i think. dunno about the scotch one.
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