At 01:11:53 on Sun, 1 Nov 2009, Dick Gaughan  
wrote in :

>In  on Sun, 1 Nov 2009
>00:47:48 -0000, "kat"  wrote:
>
>>I nearly called my second child Alasdair.  Only reason I didn't was Amy
>>suited her better.
>
>Seriously, I have a friend in Stornoway named Alexandra MacDonald,
>always shortened to Alex. One of her elderly relatives has all
>kinds of traumas addressing her as there is no Gaelic equivalent
>for "Alexandra", only for the male "Alexander", which is
>"Alasdair". So he either has to use the English version of her
>name - and he has difficulty speaking English - or he addresses
>her as "Alasdair" :)

And (in one context at least) she refers to herself as Amadan - so this 
very neatly closes the loop!  :applause:
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