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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."

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