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Here's a response from a full-blooded Scot on the subject.

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Derrick McCLURE <j.d.mcclure@virgin.net> wrote:
> No, Chris, you haven't been led astray.  The language is referred to as
> Scots, not Scottish.  There is an academic journal called Scottish Language,
> which I edited for many years, but the meaning of that is "language in
> Scotland" - it publishes articles on Scots, Gaelic, and English as used in
> Scotland.

So there you are. Your piece of random linguistics trivia for the day. :)

Enjoy!

ChrisA