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5th January 10, 06:29 AM
#11
 Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome
I've actually seen it spelled in different resources both as Argyll and Argyle, and been told that both spellings have been considered appropriate in the past, so I don't get too hung up about it. Both are Anglicizations of the Gaelic at any rate.
However, I'm pretty sure I've never seen the "Agryll" spelling used. :-)
Argyle is the archaic/historic spelling; one of my great-great-grandmothers' has "Argyleshire, Scotland" listed as her place of birth on her tombstone.
T.
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