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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:09 pm 
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Random I know, but I wondered where the term Scot-free came from and now I know:

First off, let's set the record straight on the expression itself -- it's actually "scot-free." And contrary to popular belief, it has nothing to do with the Scottish.

Sceot is the Old English for "a tax." Scot and lot was a medieval muncipal tax levied on residents. Someone who managed to avoid paying this medieval tax got off "scot free."

Eventually, the word evolved to describe getting away without any kind of punishment, fiscal or otherwise. Kids who fake fevers get out of school scot-free. Cagey adults escape jury duty scot-free. And dogs with remorseful eyes get off scot-free from just about any wrongdoing.


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We may as well have got off scot-free. Our village tax was peanuts compared to what we paid in the UK.

Ok. So we don't get too much in the way of amenities. But I can't say I am suffering too much from it. The community spirit is alive and well, and that is priceless.

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