Comments on: Scott’s School of Grammar: “Scott Free” http://rivene.com/2008/06/20/scotts-school-of-grammar-scott-free/ A Journey in Life & Writing Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:50:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: rivene http://rivene.com/2008/06/20/scotts-school-of-grammar-scott-free/#comment-239 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:44:59 +0000 http://rivene.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-239 My research showed that the overwhelming evidence supports,

Answer #3.

Medieval folk were just as reticent to pay taxes as us. I wouldn’t mind going scott-free myself now, especially on gas taxes..

]]> By: highlyeccentric http://rivene.com/2008/06/20/scotts-school-of-grammar-scott-free/#comment-238 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:39:06 +0000 http://rivene.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-238 I happen to know the answer, so I won’t spoil it by guessing, but you might be interested to know that the phrase ‘scot-free’ has survived over a thousand years… It’s attested in Old English as ‘scot-freo’, where ‘scot’ is pronounced ‘shot’.

Until I found it in my Anglo-Saxon dictionary, I had always assumed the phrase had something to do with Scottish people- that perhaps at some stage in history, you could escape justice by fleeing to Scotland.

]]> By: Alicia http://rivene.com/2008/06/20/scotts-school-of-grammar-scott-free/#comment-237 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:58:39 +0000 http://rivene.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-237 I think #2 sounds about right.

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