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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

The word scotch

Hi

Is the word scotch (verb) common among native speakers?

Rumors for a merger have been successfully scotched.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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I would say it is a "middling" word that is neither common nor rare. It should be "rumours of a merger".

— GPY

  • I would say it is a "middling" word that is neither common nor rare.
  • It should be "rumours of a merger".
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I would say it is a "middling" word that is neither common nor rare.

It should be "rumours of a merger".
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In my experience, rare.
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As far as I can see from the evidence of Google, it is more common in BrE than AmE. A comment at http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/59079/why-do-we-scotch-a-rumour says the same, but then someone else disagrees...
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Mr. TomIs the word scotch (verb) common among native speakers?
I very rarely hear it here. (California, USA)

CJ
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