Normally Scottish is the folks and Scotch is what you drink--at least around here.At 10:39 PM 5/25/2005, you wrote:Y'all, Is there a difference between 'I am Scotch' and 'I am a scotch'? 'Ich bin Lehrer' means 'I am a teacher'; one does not say 'Ich bin ein Lehrer.' This applies to all occupations generally, not just teachers. Literary exceptions are known: 'ich bin ein Clown' [Heinrich Boell], and by analogy 'ich bin ein Idiot'. Stuttgarters speak a dialect known as Schwabish. Flash