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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mc vs Mac #118627 01/01/2004 8:35 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Notice that three times the "Mc" is changed to "Mac". I had a Scots friend who told me it was a social error to confuse them. The Scots insist on "Mac". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mc vs Mac #118628 01/08/2004 2:09 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California There's also, M' or Mag. Anyway, it's an orthographic convention and as such probably is not much subject to reason. The real names would've been written in their Gaelic forms: e.g., macDhomhnaill for MacDonald or Macdonell (as in the famous Sanskritist, Arthur). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mc vs Mac #118629 01/09/2004 12:45 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Aha! Thanks, jheem--now when any of us get called down for spelling, we can just say, "Sorry if you don't like it, but it's an orthographic convention". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mc vs Mac #118630 01/20/2004 12:01 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada My Grandmother used to put a little squiggle under the c of Mc to indicate the missing a. Personally I think the abreviation squiggle would take as long to write as the a but who am I to argue logic against orthographic convention. I always wondered if some Mac's became Mc's through non-squigglement. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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