[quote=Tealeaf;342724An example are the words 'Scots' and 'Scotch'; the latter, in British english, applies to those people from the skirt wearing nation to the north; the latter is the drink produced there.[/quote]
It is not a skirt any more than a smoking jacket is a raincoat.
There are so many other languages that have contributed to our language that its got more variety than Heinz ever had or will have. Everything pinches bits to suit and makes others up and in the end a lot end up in the dictionary. Mind you as for the American language I still cant get my napper around "do the math" it just does not sound right.