Index talk:Lindigo.djvu

References

• University of Melbourne online viewer for Lindigo, the White Woman.

Above is mentioned as their copy is less enthusiastically over-stamped; and I found it useful in determining whether a given mark is punctuation or damage/ink-blot etc. For example, I can actually read the motto "AN CHAILIN DILEAS" on page 1 clearly there, but in the local copy the "Melbourne Public Library" all but obscures it. MODCHK (talk) 04:53, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Spelling Lists

This volume uses some unusual spellings; not always consistently. Some examples are:

Character Names

• Trickster character Mr./Ensign/Lieutenant/Captain John McDonnell uses the pseudonym "John Lom" throughout most of the story; occasionally "Iain Lom" (after the Bard of Keppoch) (Page:Lindigo.djvu/16)), and a single deviation: "John Lorn" on page 182.
  • Maybe purely for comedic effect, but the same character is also referred to as Ensign John McDonald/Captain John M'Donald on Page:Lindigo.djvu/75 and Page:Lindigo.djvu/81.
• Surname M'Kay, McKay both applied to same characters at various times (aboth Isabella/Bella and her father.)
• Surname Monro/Munro/Munroe (middle form most commonly used) (both Donald and his father affected.)

General Typography

• There is a tendency for "e"s to be (mis)recognised as "o"s. Thus:
  • "flow" -> "flew"
  • "hero" -> "here"
  • "ho" ---> "he"
  • "tho" --> "the"
    • etc.

Geographical Features

• Mountain "Ben Mòr" is occasionally simply "Ben Mor."

Words

Idiosyncrasies

Consistent, but unusual, spellings:

• Centte (centre? used in reference to target-shooting: Page:Lindigo.djvu/33)
• Clanish (clannish)
• Cooey (cooee)
• Deficiences (deficiencies)
• Doating (doting)
• Doners (donors)
• Ecstacy/Ecstacies (ecstasy/ecstasies)
• Eying (eyeing)
• Gallopped (galloped)
• Indellibly (indelibly)
• Irratibility (irritability)
• Madamoiselle/Mlle. (Mademoiselle)
• Mustachoes (mustachios)
• Plain (plane)
• Puruse (peruse)
• Reconnoitering (reconnoitring)

Inconsistent Variations

• Boothy, boothie

• Coirneal, Choirneil, Corineal (from context: Gaelic for Colonel)
• Ptarmigan, ptarimgan
• Whisky, whiskey