LL-L: "Place names" LOWLANDS-L, 04.APR.2001 (05) [E]

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From: Colin Wilson [lcwilson at starmail.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Place names" LOWLANDS-L, 04.APR.2001 (01) [E]

At 15:33 04/04/01, Sandy Fleming wrote:

>Another interesting pattern in these place names is the
>dropping of the prefixed "Glen" in "Glenkinchie" (Scots
>"Kinchie" ['kInSI]) and "Glenrothes" (Scots "Rothes"
>['roTIs]). I suspect "Kinchie" and "Rothes" (whatever
>that was before it was a new town) are the original
>forms and the "Glen" has been prefixed by local
>authorities in order to attract tourists or settlers.

I don't know about Kinchie, but I think that Rothes may have
become "Glenrothes" to avoid confusion with the other Rothes, in
north-east Scotland.

I suspect that this is how the two places named Kilbride acquired
their current names of East Kilbride and West Kilbride. They may
sound like different sides of the same community, but they're miles
apart and in different counties.

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