Kmcglauchlen Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Cancelled due to weather posted from the DrumScorps app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, Kmcglauchlen said: Cancelled due to weather posted from the DrumScorps app interesting spelling of your last name. Immigration officers at the ports really changed some Celtic name spellings even within the same family. Yours is probably closer to the original in the native tongue. Slainte. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 5 minutes ago, xandandl said: interesting spelling of your last name. Immigration officers at the ports really changed some Celtic name spellings even within the same family. Yours is probably closer to the original in the native tongue. Slainte. Sometimes the schools would change your name. My great-grandfather's name was James Golding. The school changed it to Golden. True story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcglauchlen Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 1 hour ago, xandandl said: interesting spelling of your last name. Immigration officers at the ports really changed some Celtic name spellings even within the same family. Yours is probably closer to the original in the native tongue. Slainte. SO true. I know it comes from the Maclachlan clan in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 7 hours ago, Kmcglauchlen said: SO true. I know it comes from the Maclachlan clan in Scotland. which usually got transliterated as McLoughlin or M(a)cLaughlin and was said in Canada (mack LoftLann) or in the US Mick Locklann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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