Timeline for How would you abbreviate surnames starting with Mc/O/D?
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| Dec 6, 2010 at 22:54 | comment | added | Remou | Then they are not using Irish names. I understand that this is often the case when names are moved from their native country, they are altered to make them more understandable in the new environment. If you are dealing with an Irish person living in Ireland they would find it quite odd to be given the initial O for O'Brien, perhaps a little less so with M for McDonald. As an aside, McDonald is not Irish, it is of Scottish origin. | |
| Dec 6, 2010 at 22:42 | comment | added | Dusty | @Remou - I wonder if this is just a regional difference. I grew up (in the US) with several McDaniels and Macdonals and both used M as their last initial and were alphabetized and such in school as M's not D's. | |
| Dec 6, 2010 at 22:07 | comment | added | Remou | B would be more correct. | |
| Dec 6, 2010 at 22:02 | comment | added | Marthaª | @Remou: In a system that specifies a single initial, O'B can't be the initial for O'Brian. Your choices are O or B. Which one is more likely to result in identifying the correct person? | |
| Dec 6, 2010 at 19:46 | comment | added | Remou | O it not the initial for O'Brian O'B is the initial. I am very surprised by an answer in this thread that suggests otherwise. | |
| Sep 22, 2010 at 15:22 | vote | accept | grokus | ||
| Sep 21, 2010 at 15:42 | comment | added | moioci | Yeah, but you know that Rossum guy that invented Python? Or Susteren herself? These sound off to me. | |
| Sep 21, 2010 at 11:31 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | I could easily see "van" completely dropped. You know that Beethoven guy?.. | |
| Sep 20, 2010 at 15:29 | history | answered | moioci | CC BY-SA 2.5 |