"Scots Gaelic" "the Scots community in New York" "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'" "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"
"an economical meal" "an economical shopper" "a frugal farmer" "a frugal lunch" "a sparing father and a spending son" "sparing in their use of heat and light" "stinting in bestowing gifts" "thrifty because they remember the great Depression" "`scotch' is used only informally"
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge" "foil your opponent"
