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* Brown - "Broon" | * Brown - "Broon" | ||
* Christie - "Krist-ee" (first "i" short) | * Christie - "Krist-ee" (first "i" short) | ||
* Cochrane - "Cock-run" | |||
* Cockburn - "Coh-burn" | |||
* Colquhoun - "Cahoon" or "Col-hoon" | * Colquhoun - "Cahoon" or "Col-hoon" | ||
* Crichton - "Cry-tun" | |||
* Dalziel - "Die-yell" or "Day-ell" | * Dalziel - "Die-yell" or "Day-ell" | ||
* Farquhar - "Farker" | |||
* Forbes - "Forbees" or "For bays" | * Forbes - "Forbees" or "For bays" | ||
* Graham - "Gray-um" or "Grayhum" | * Graham - "Gray-um" or "Grayhum" | ||
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* Marjoribanks - "Marchbanks" | * Marjoribanks - "Marchbanks" | ||
* Menzies - "Mingis" | * Menzies - "Mingis" | ||
* Methven - "Meven" or "Meffin" | |||
* Moray - "Murray" | * Moray - "Murray" | ||
* Muir - "Myoor" | * Muir - "Myoor" | ||
* Niven - "Neevin" | * Niven - "Neevin" | ||
* Reid - "Reed" | * Reid - "Reed" | ||
* Ruthven - "Riven" | |||
* Urquhart - "Urkut" or "Urkurt" | * Urquhart - "Urkut" or "Urkurt" | ||
* Wemyss - "Weemz" | |||
Another aspect of Scottish surnames is pronunciation. [http://archive.org/stream/glossaryofdialec00hopeuoft#page/148/mode/2up "A List of Surnames Pronounced Differently from What the Spelling Suggests" (1883)]<ref>Robert Charles Hope, ''A Glossary of Dialectal Place-nomenclature, To Which is Appended A List of Family Surnames Pronounced Differently from What the Spelling Suggests'' (London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1883). Digitised by [http://archive.org/details/glossaryofdialec00hopeuoft Internet Archive] - free.</ref>, available online, identifies some more unusual examples. | |||
== Given Names == | == Given Names == | ||