Scotch

Scotch may refer to:

General

• Scotch (adjective), a largely obsolescent adjective meaning having to do with Scotland and usually now considered pejorative (unless related to food or drink). There remain, however, places and situations where it is still used in a non-pejorative sense, such as in Southern Ontario, Canada.

The terms Scottish, Scot, Scots, and Scotch are all variants of the same word. They have had different histories, however, and in modern English they have developed different uses and connotations. The normal everyday words used to mean "of or relating to Scotland or its people" are Scottish - as in Scottish people; Scottish hills; Scottish Gaelic; or "she is English, not Scottish" - or sometimes Scots, as in "that thing is Scots". The normal, neutral word for "a person from Scotland" is Scot, along with Scotsman, Scotswoman, and the plural form the Scots (or the Scottish).

Food and drink

• Scotch whisky, a whisky made in Scotland, which outside Scotland is commonly abbreviated as "Scotch"
• Scotch Beef, beef from suckler cattle that has been born, raised and slaughtered in Scotland under the Quality Meat Scotland assurance scheme. Has EU Protected Geographical Status
• Scotch pancake, a small, often buttered, sweet pancake served as a teatime dessert
• Scotch egg, a hard boiled egg served wrapped in sausage meat, then dipped in breadcrumbs, and fried
• Scotch ale, a type of strong ale found in Scotland and North East England
• Scotch broth, a soup made with mutton, barley, leeks, peas, carrots and swedes (rutabagas)
• Scotch pie, a small, double-crust meat pie filled with minced beef and suet or other vegetable matter wheat, soya, barley. It is more commonly known as the "mince pie".

Schools

• Scotch College (disambiguation) (colloquially simply "Scotch"), the name of private schools associated with the Presbyterian Church and/or the Uniting Church, in Australia

Locations

• Scotch Corner, a junction of the A1 road and the A66 road in North Yorkshire, England

Games

• Hopscotch, a children's game
• Scotch Game, a chess opening

Materials and goods

• Scotch Tape, a commercial brand name for a type of adhesive tape made by 3M
• Scotch, a brand name used by 3M until 1996 for recordable media such as audio cassettes and video cassettes
• Scotches, wedges used to prevent railway vehicles moving
• Scotch key, pins inserted into holes drilled axially to fix an item such as a gear onto a shaft
• Scotch gauge a medium gauge of railway used in Scotland and Japan

Weather

• Scotch Mist (disambiguation)

Music

• Scotch (band), an Italian disco/pop group during the 1980s, consisting of members Vince Lancini and Franz Felleti. Memorable hits include "Disco Band" and "Delirio Mind"

• Scotch (Russian band), Russian melodic metalcore band since 2002, having released 2 LP albums "Убить Келли (2006)" (Kill Kelly) and "Не может длиться вечно (2008)" (Can't last forever)

See also

• Scots (disambiguation)
• Scottish (disambiguation)