That is it exactly, the pepper looks like a Scotch bonnet.

When it is fully grown and without any twists or damage then it is rather smoother than when young, though the ribs still show slightly, just like the lines of decreases in a knitted bonnet will do if it is not 'dressed', when they get stretched out.

I just checked in my 4th edition (1947) of the Pocket Oxford, and there Scotch is used for people too - though it points out that Scots is used more in Scotland, and Scottish is used in dignified situations.

If someone was educated - for instance - in the South of England in the 1950s or 60s I suspect that getting upset over the use of Scotch for a Scottish person would cause some surprise - it is so recent an alteration in usage that some folks will simply not have noticed, or think it of little consequence until someone gets rattled by it.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: