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There was a recurring Mike Meyers SNL sketch where he ran a shop that sold Scottish merchandise and would bellow "If it's not Scottish, it's CRAP!". Is the word "crap" of Scottish origin, or used more commonly there than the rest of the UK?

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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on October 21st, 2009
No, it is universal cross the UK, and any regional chauvinist might (humourously, one hopes) substitute his own region for "Scottish" (Welsh, Yorkshire, Cornish etc.).
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by jeffer on October 21st, 2009
the word crap is short for crapper as in WILLIAM CRAPPER the inventor of the flushing toilet
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