Talk:Flora MacDonald (Scottish Jacobite)

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Changed the spelling of MacDoanld from "Macdonald" to the proper "MacDonald", with the 'D' capitalised. --Poorpaddy 01:57, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Why do you think that Macdonald is incorrect ? -- Derek Ross | Talk 23:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

MacDonald is the correct spelling. -Colin MacDonald

What a shock that "correct" spelling will be to Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald, the eighth Lord Macdonald and the thirty-fourth chief of Clan Donald... to say nothing of his good friends, Ranald Alexander Macdonald (24th captain and chief of Clanranald) and Sir Ian Macdonald of Sleat (25th chief of Sleat).

The reality is that people with that name spell it both "Macdonald" and "MacDonald," either being as proper as the other. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Flora and many of her contemporaries spelled it both ways at one time or another, as well as leaving out the "a" in "Mac" occasionally. — OtherDave 18:57, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes it has been spelled both capitalised an uncapitalised but technically it is a patronymic, meaning son of Donald - a proper first name, hence the D should be capitalised in my opinion. Plus most of the sources I've seen on Flora MacDonald spell it this way. --172.141.131.75 20:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First Name?

I thought that her first name ws actually the Gaelic name Fionnghal which was anglicised to Flora. At the minute though I can't find any decent sources to confirm this, but if someone can, I think it should be mentioned. --172.141.131.75 20:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I added her Gaelic name as Fionnghal. This is verified in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17432. I wasn't sure how to put this in as a reference so maybe someone can fix it. And if you think the name is in the wrong place then feel free to move it. --Reniannen17 23:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)