Quote Originally Posted by Dreadbelly View Post
There is a Jewish tartan. I can't think of what the actual name is. Cajunscot could probably tell us, or one of the resident history buffs. 0

I remember seeing it, but don't remember what it is called. It has the blue and white from the Israeli flag.
I believe it's the Ferguson Tartan. A Jewish friend told me about the Jewish branch of Clan Ferguson in America. It seems that when the large migration of east European Jews took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many of the who didn't speak any English were coached by those who did on how to pronounce their names so the immigration officials could understand and properly record them. Any number of the immigrants would approach the impatient officials nervously, and when asked for their names several times, they'd say over and over (excuse the phonetic spelling) "shoin vergessen" which, translated from Yiddish, means something like "I forget".

Well, the official didn't have time to mess around, so forever after these folks were named Sean Ferguson. (Funny, you don't look Scottish)