This phrase intrigues me. According to James M Dixon in Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases (1891), a Scotch marriage is an irregular marriage.
What marriage isn't irregular?
Okay, further research seems to indicate that all that was required for a Scotch marriage was for both parties to agree that they are married.
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That would be because they're using Scot tape for wedding rings, yes?
Hoo boy. That was a bad joke ...
Zephyr,
My wife and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary last month. To this day it still requires agreeing we are still married every morning. Years and decades of assuming and you risk waking up one morning to a bad case of 'divergence of vision'.
(I saw your post to Jodi over @ FB)
Best Regards,
George Lowry
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