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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Scotch Guard

Hi,

1. What is 'Scotch Guard' if we are talking about something related to a car?

2. Is it somehow related to Scotland?


Thanks,
  

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Hello m2l It's a spray-on fabric protectant. I don't know whether it has any connection with Scotland, though! MrP

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  • Hello m2l It's a spray-on fabric protectant.
  • I don't know whether it has any connection with Scotland, though!
  • MrP
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Hello m2l

It's a spray-on fabric protectant. I don't know whether it has any connection with Scotland, though!

MrP
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Yes, it protects fabric. You would spray it on any fabric or carpeting in the car. I believe the original product name is spelled "Scotchgard".

It is produced by the 3M company, famous for its product "Scotch tape". (3M comes from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.) I'm guessing that the use of Scotch in Scotchgard is an attempt to leverage the public relations gains they had made
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Hi CJ,

Thanks a lot for providing such an interesting story.

I've heard about the Irish is "frugal" (PC version), but not the Scotch.

Thanks again.
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Yes, indeed. Where I live we have discount stores where goods can be bought quite cheaply. The name? McFrugals. ('Mc" and "Mac" are common for Scottish surnames - and Irish).

CJ
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