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Pedantry
SPINY (aka Ship's Cook) Started conversation Apr 19, 2000
Er...that would be KIRKCALDY, actually...
(A Scot)
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Demon Drawer Posted Apr 20, 2000
I even went to check the original. The spell check did bring it up but I didn't think it was wrong now I "c". 
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Dernhelm Posted Apr 20, 2000
I thought Buccleuch, rather than Buccleauch, if we're getting picky about spelling....
or perhaps Buccleaugh! Spellcheckers don't know anybody, that's the trouble.
Puir wee gnomes sitting in a box all day, never getting oot. Should be a law agin it.
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SPINY (aka Ship's Cook) Posted Apr 21, 2000
To be fair, DD, nowadays it's spelt with a 'c', it may not have been in Adam Smith's day.
And definitely no 'a' in Buccleuch. Though it may be Buccleugh - Burke's Peerage or Who's Who would confirm.
Me - I'm just plain ol' Spiny.
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Demon Drawer Posted Apr 21, 2000
No Spiny I checked my source I just mistyped and didn't correct it on spell check.
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SPINY (aka Ship's Cook) Posted Apr 21, 2000
Never mind - it's not rocket science we're doin' here! 
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