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Would anyone know what issue of UNCLE SCROOGE had that story about Scrooge almost marrying Brigitta McBridge, then jilting her? I know it was in a PICSOU issue, since I saw a picture from it once at another forum. I was wondering if maybe the story made it over here to the States.
(Sorry, I don't know the story title.)

Quote from user: Roger NorthI don't know the name of it either but It was recently printed in Walt Disney Treasures #2. I think it wasn't released in America prior to that.
Sweet!!! :D Thanks! :)

There are actually several stories with this theme!

The one we published was "Witness Persecution," where Scrooge does propose (for reasons I won't reveal!) and wedding invitations are sent out, but the characters don't get quite as far as the altar before things are cancelled.
The one where a wedding ceremony actually takes place is this one: http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL+1510-AP
We haven't published this one Stateside yet. Maybe we'll eventually get the chance. In the meantime, we've got another classic Brigitta story coming in a few months, "Lights Fantastic": http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=I+TL++386-A

Oops! I should add that Brigitta's last name in English has always been spelled MacBridge, not McBridge. (Wikipedia has it as McBridge, but Wikipedia is wrong... and I'm not sure how to fix the incorrect *title* of a Wiki page).

Quote from user: ramapithOops! I should add that Brigitta's last name in English has always been spelled MacBridge, not McBridge.
Why is that?
Is it due to a confusion or typo of some sort long ago that became a rule, or is there a specific reason (linguistically or narratively speaking)?

Quote from user: OlivierQuote from user: ramapithOops! I should add that Brigitta's last name in English has always been spelled MacBridge, not McBridge.
Why is that?
Is it due to a confusion or typo of some sort long ago that became a rule, or is there a specific reason (linguistically or narratively speaking)?
Er... I must confess I'm not sure what you and Rob are talking about! Are you asking why some people of Scottish heritage spell their surnames "Mac..." while others use "Mc..."?
Or are you simply asking why the Wikipedia page author made a mistake?

I can't answer the first question, but the reasoning behind the second seems obvious to me?Brigitta is the only major Disney comics character who has a surname starting with "Mac...", while many Disney comics characters start their surnames with "Mc..." (Scrooge, Launchpad, lots of incidental characters). I suspect the Wikipedia page author had those other characters in his mind and was simply a bit careless.

Quote from user: Robb_KWe were always taught as children, that the Mac spelling was used much more in Scotland and Mc much more in Ireland as a percecentage of all Mac/Mc names in each country.
This is what I was asking about. I have often wondered about the difference, and humbly confess to having never actually checked.

Quote from user: Robb_KWe were always taught as children, that the Mac spelling was used much more in Scotland and Mc much more in Ireland as a percentage of all Mac/Mc names in each country.
When you say "we," are you referring to Americans in general?
Regardless, your implication seems to be that what you were taught as a child is commonly understood to be correct. Please accept my apology for disagreeing with you, Rob, but I've done quite a lot of research into this subject, and would like to clarify it as many of our correspondents here don't have English as a first language.
Etymologically speaking, "Mc" is simply a contraction of "Mac." Neither is more linguistically correct in Scotland or Ireland, and as far as basic usage goes, the two are more or less equally common in both places.
I did my actual research on the subject while in college in Scotland, but here are a few quick online references to some elements of the argument:

? http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/genealogy.html
? http://www.scottishhistory.com/articles/misc/macvsmc.html
? http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/703057
? http://www.heraldry.ws/info/article08.html (discreding the inverse idea: that Mc should be more Scottish vs. Mac more Irish)
? http://www.irishroots.com/id4608.htm (comment that Mac was *once* more common in Ireland)

Again?no intent to run away with this or start an argument, Rob.

Those are interesting links, David. Thanks. :)

Which brings up another subject (about names): you notice that the maiden name of Scrooge's mom was Downy O'Drake? So I guess Scroogey would actually be half-Irish, or maybe Scots-Irish (a term
I admit I'm confused about).