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Someone made a recent addition to the background information in which Stewart said Maturin obviously wasn't "Scotch". However, didn't he actually say he obviously wasn't from Scotland? Is it also possible that he said he wasn't Scottish? Someone who has the ep needs to check up on this. --From Andoria with Love 22:59, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

The script says that Picard said Maturin was not from Scotland, but even final drafts of the scripts differ from what actually is in the show. --OuroborosCobra 00:21, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I removed the following:

"As a citizen of the UK and of Scottish ancestry, he should know better to refer to Scots or Scottish people as "Scotch"."

"Whether the writers were ignorant of this or not is irrelevant as Stewart should have taken it upon himself to correct it."

Patrick Stewart is, like any other actor, paid to read the lines he is given. Since this was a Captain Picard line, it is nothing but a personal and inflammatory opinion to blame this misstatement on Stewart. I also changed the statement to reflect that it was a Picard line, not a Patrick Stewart line. Roundeyesamurai 08:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

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