Examples of these are more numerous to the north of the Tweed than C.
appears to imagine. The following list, which includes a few surnames,
is the result of rather a hurried search:
Spelling. Pronunciation.
Anstruther Anster.
Athelstaneford Elstanfurd.
Bethune Beaton.
Cassilis Cassils.
Charteris Charters.
Cockburn Coburn.
Cockburnspath Coppersmith
Colquhoun Cohoon.
Crichton Cryton.
Dalziel or Dalyell Dee-ell.
Farquhar Farkar.
Halket Hacket.
Inglis Ingils.
Kemback Kemmick.
Kilconquhar Kinnenchar.
Macleod Macloud.
Marjoribanks Marchbanks.
Menzies Meengis.
Methven Meffen.
Monzie Monee.
Restalrig Lastalrik.
Rutherglen Ruglen.
Ruthven Rivven.
Sciennes Sheens.
Sanquhar Sankar.
Urquhart Urcart.
Wemyss Weems.
Arbroath is a corruption of Aberbrothok, Gretna of Gretenhow, and
Meiklam of M'Ilquham: but probably one of the most remarkable
transformations in Scotland is to be found in the name of a small
village, a few miles to the south of Edinburgh, where _Burdiehouse_ has
usurped the place of Bordeaux.