James said > it seems to me the Mc/Mac dichotomy is merely a scribal abbreviation, and not something to really be too concerned about. Agreed. Far too much is put into the Mac, Mc thing. It should be. noted that M' is also used. > Seems the Duke took liberties in other ways too with the tartan.....seems now that this is illegal according to the current Duke. It should be noted that there is now an (official) Scottish Register of Tartan(www.tartanregister.gov.uk) which was established by an act of the Scottish Parliament in 2008. It is a database of tartan designs and is maintained by the National Records of Scotland. Regards Les Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device