Names of places and highland attire

[TheKiltedWonder]

Well, even though, the thread was hi-jacked, we still managed to get a good discussion going.

Sorry, about the hijacking. The masked linguist rides again!

You can look at kilt web-sites and see many spellings of the same things.

I've wondered about those numerous spellings. The thread began with the proper place name/clothing spellings, but may of the non-standard spellings are quite prevelant. Argyle seems rather common. Does anyone know the reason for this variance? I mean, I know spellings weren't as standard years ago and there are still differences between British and American spellings. But is one spelling more British? More American? More Scottish?
I dunno, I have a good sense of humor and a lot to learn, so hopefully someone can help.