I agree with Donald of the MacDonald. My father was descended from
Flora so I feel qualified to offer an opinion ;-). Perhaps the article
was spell-checked using an MS product - the one that advocates the use
of apostrophes for a plural.
As for unmentionable clans, I always understood that any Lowlanders,
but especially the Campbells, were beyond the pale.
Chris
On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 20:22 Europe/London, Donald MacDonald
wrote:
Bill Pearce wrote:
<snip>
The photographer is Ian Macdonald-Smith (perhaps one of our UK members
can
explain why the D isn't capitalized in part of the article and is in
others.)
<snip>
Ahem. Well, I seem to be well qualified to answer this one. My late
father's
Birth Certificate is all small Ds. His dad and his own name. My Birth
Certificate, and that of my late sister, all capital Ds. Dad always
used
capital Ds.
They are pretty much interchangeable, except if your particular
MacDonald is
fussy. I'm pretty fussy. I'm used to it this way, I consider myself a
MacDonald, and regard those Macdonald types as relatives, but distant
;-)
Actually, I've had the whole range. I've been written as M'Donald,
McDonald
(I hate that...) Macdonald, MacDonald, Macdo (in France, where else?)
and
even Macdonnald. If I get the chance, I say M-a-c capital-D o-n-a-l-d!
McDonnells are with us, too. O'Donnells probably are as well, but don't
mention Daniel...
Donald.
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