Talk:Scotsman

Is Scotsman a Noun or a Proper noun? The answer is not (easily) available in WT:POS.

Dutchman, Englishman, Frenchman and Welshman seem to be nouns, but Irishman seems to be a proper noun. Scotsman was a proper noun, I changed it to noun, but someone didn't agree with my change. 84.197.181.104 17:50, 19 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Proper noun. WT:POS doesn't try to define parts of speech that are fully defined elsewhere. In general, in English, if it is Capitalized (and a noun) then it is a proper noun. Robert Ullmann 17:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Etymology: originally two words
Scots adj. + man (originally two words). --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:58, 20 July 2021 (UTC)