TV/Movies Megathread

[The Brain]

Which is why the slur for Irish people in 19th Century America was "Mick" and the slur for Scottish people was "Mack". American bigots make it easy to remember.

Are the Micmacs a mix of Micks and Macks?

[celedhring]

Which is why the slur for Irish people in 19th Century America was "Mick" and the slur for Scottish people was "Mack". American bigots make it easy to remember.

That's indeed a rather good mnemotecnic rule. I'll use it but not tell anyone I do. 

[Duque de Bragança]

Which is why the slur for Irish people in 19th Century America was "Mick" and the slur for Scottish people was "Mack". American bigots make it easy to remember.

Are the Micmacs a mix of Micks and Macks?

Not in this case:

[Eddie Teach]

Ok, a brief look at Scottish parliament shows 16 mcs and only 7 macs.

[Gups]

It's no guarantee. There are about twice as many Macs in Scotland as there are Mcs and vice versa in Ireland. Mc is just a contraction of Mac

[The Brain]

The Scots are Irish anyway. :pictpower:

[viper37]

I remember that.  Interesting show

It's available in blu-ray in France and Japan (no French linguistic options unsurprisingly), very good quality since they managed to get proper HD sources, unlike most of the cartoons coming from Toei (from Goldorak to Sailor Moon).
Seems Region-B locked, I have not tested the region though.

not THAT interesting though

[Malthus]

The Scots are Irish anyway. :pictpower:

Some would have a bone to pict with you over that description.

[Habbaku]

This is not a good woad to go down.

[grumbler]

You guys won't get away with this discussion scot-free.

[Sheilbh]

Scotland is Mac, Ireland is Mc for future reference

I don't think that's right. Mc is just a contraction of Mac and you get both in both countries, but Mc is definitely more common in Ireland.

[Valmy]

Scotland is Mac, Ireland is Mc for future reference

I don't think that's right. Mc is just a contraction of Mac and you get both in both countries, but Mc is definitely more common in Ireland.

It could very well be that my knowledge of British names handed down American bigotry might not be entirely correct.

Though my mother's family was McDaniel and I asked grandfather where our family was from and he said "well it is Mc so probably Ireland" and he was right. Antrim County Ireland.  But that might have been just luck

[Sheilbh]

It could very well be that my knowledge of British names handed down American bigotry might not be entirely correct.

Also there is something to the mythical man at Ellis Island just making up immigrants' new family names. You don't have to go very far back to find multiple people in the same family with different spellings of the same Mc/Mac surname.

[Valmy]

It could very well be that my knowledge of British names handed down American bigotry might not be entirely correct.

Also there is something to the mythical man at Ellis Island just making up immigrants' new family names. You don't have to go very far back to find multiple people in the same family with different spellings of the same Mc/Mac surname.

Very few Scots or Irish immigrants came through Ellis Island though. That is really late in American history.

But point taken. Some people might have moved over here calling themselves MacDougal and eventually it was spelled McDougal just because illiteracy and the fact that having definite spellings for things is kind of an new-ish deal.

[Josephus]

Scotland is Mac, Ireland is Mc for future reference

I don't think that's right. Mc is just a contraction of Mac and you get both in both countries, but Mc is definitely more common in Ireland.

It could very well be that my knowledge of British names handed down American bigotry might not be entirely correct.

Though my mother's family was McDaniel and I asked grandfather where our family was from and he said "well it is Mc so probably Ireland" and he was right. Antrim County Ireland.  But that might have been just luck

Yes. the odds are that Mcs are Irish and Macs are Scottish, but it's not exclusive.