Has this ever happend to you?

[PEEDYC]

" saying since my last name is Middleton and does not start with Mac I had no Scottish ancestry. "
Ask this person if they have ever heard of the surname Stewart or Stuart. If I am not mistaken I think they may find that there were a few Kings of Scotland used that name and may even have had their own tartan, but I could be wrong .... Does the person who sent you the email have a life?

[Erikm]

Here is the story from what I can tell, on some forum not sure what one?

along time ago there was a poll about Scottish independence, I guess I voted and it made this person mad! So I get the E-mail and the person went to my myspace page, and I guess looked on the internet at some crest website to try to insult me.

From what I gather the person is not from Scotland but an American like me' and it was as alot of you said, well my name is more Scottish then yours.

Really the only thing that got me mad was him/her taking the time to look me up on the internet.

Thanks for everyones post

[Tobus]

Really the only thing that got me mad was him/her taking the time to look me up on the internet.

Sadly, in this day and age, there are some real nutjobs out there who will not only look people up, but find them in real life and cause harm. As retribution over a silly internet argument. This is why I think it's a bad idea to give out personal info on a public internet forum. I know some folks here think it's bad manners to use a generic username, but I've seen some real horror stories of people who freely gave out their real names (or phone numbers, physical addresses, etc.) on the internet. Ya gotta be careful out there!

[JelicoCat]

I believe the guy proves the old saying:

It is better to remain silent and risk being thuoght a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.

[Sammac]

I have heard that you never argue with a fool just in case people can't tell the difference.

[Erikm]

Thats what I told the person my mothers last name was Gourlay it's also scottish I think they still make Golf balls in Scotland today? My G-grandmother was a Campbell,and my grandmother Mitchell is among the top 20 Scottish surnames.

Maybe I should have told them I was kin to Conner Macleod from Highlander, then maybe I would be worthy lol

Speaking of the Middleton Tartan, it's about time to wear it for Christmas

[dfmacliam]

Well Its good to see you have handled it well... and not take the babbling of a fool to heart.. I look at my family lineage and see my Scot ties and think with names like Wilson and Claghorn, he might find those names very un Scot like..lol or Farmer being very un Irish Lol

[Lachlan09]

It reminds me of when I was a boy. I lived in the Lowlands, near Edinburgh, and none of them could get the idea of my Christian name, Lachlan. They kept saying I had an Irish name which rattled my cage no end. No disrespect to Ireland, but my name has a perfectly good Highland pedigree. All my life people have mis-spelt and mis-pronounced my name, so that nowadays it’s like water off a duck’s back. The most common mis-pronounciation is Locklin and sometimes Lackland but various ones have been used. Funny enough, I had less problem in London with English people than I had in Edinburgh with fellow Scots ! But then again, it’s sometimes said by the rest of Scotland that Edinburgh is more English than Scottish.

[dfmacliam]

It reminds me of when I was a boy. I lived in the Lowlands, near Edinburgh, and none of them could get the idea of my Christian name, Lachlan. They kept saying I had an Irish name which rattled my cage no end. No disrespect to Ireland, but my name has a perfectly good Highland pedigree. All my life people have mis-spelt and mis-pronounced my name, so that nowadays it’s like water off a duck’s back. The most common mis-pronounciation is Locklin and sometimes Lackland but various ones have been used. Funny enough, I had less problem in London with English people than I had in Edinburgh with fellow Scots ! But then again, it’s sometimes said by the rest of Scotland that Edinburgh is more English than Scottish.

I, truely, understand what you are saying here... My birth name is DaNeil which is pronounced as Dah Neel.. most just read it as Daniel and write it as such... Sometimes I just tell folks my name is Dan.. just to avoid fustration.

[Chas]

It reminds me of when I was a boy. I lived in the Lowlands, near Edinburgh, and none of them could get the idea of my Christian name, Lachlan. They kept saying I had an Irish name which rattled my cage no end. No disrespect to Ireland, but my name has a perfectly good Highland pedigree. All my life people have mis-spelt and mis-pronounced my name, so that nowadays it’s like water off a duck’s back. The most common mis-pronounciation is Locklin and sometimes Lackland but various ones have been used. Funny enough, I had less problem in London with English people than I had in Edinburgh with fellow Scots ! But then again, it’s sometimes said by the rest of Scotland that Edinburgh is more English than Scottish.

I went to school with a Lachlan MacLachlan. His father was Lachlan, as was his Grandfather and his Great Grandfather. In fact all the first born sons of the family were called Lachlan. They all had red hair. When anyone ever took the mickey out of him, his standard retort was "Well, I know who my father is". That usually stopped the conversation.

Regards

Chas