Scotland Naming Customs: Difference between revisions

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* Birse - "Bierce" (rhymes with "pierce")
* Birse - "Bierce" (rhymes with "pierce")
* Brown - "Broon"
* Brown - "Broon"
* Campbell - "Cambell" (silent "p")
* Cameron - "Kammerun"
* Campbell - "Kambell" (silent "p")
* Chisholm - "Chizzim"
* Chisholm - "Chizzim"
* Christie - "Krist-ee" (first "i" short)
* Christie - "Krist-ee" (first "i" short)
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* Kerr - "Carr"  
* Kerr - "Carr"  
* Lithgow - "Lith-goe"
* Lithgow - "Lith-goe"
* MacFadyen - "Mac-Fadjin"
* MacKay - "Mac-Kye"
* MacKay - "Mac-Kye"
* MacKean - "Mac-Kain" (now rare)
* MacKean - "Mac-Kain" (now rare)
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* Ure - "Yoor"
* Ure - "Yoor"
* Urquhart - "Urkut" or "Urkurt"
* Urquhart - "Urkut" or "Urkurt"
* Weir - "Weer"
* Wemyss - "Weemz"
* Wemyss - "Weemz"