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Here in Scotland.
Ah. For using the name McDonalds to run a fast food restaurant? Well, if so, you'll have to take your beef to corporate America, I'm afraid that none of the Buffistas have much influence over McDonalds corp. But FWIW, I don't think their beef, if you'll pardon the pun, is that the name is American. They are concerned about preserving the brand name.
Of course, my last name really is "American" ecause I am pretty sure it was changed when my grandfather's family emigrated from Germany right before WWI. Unless there are a lot of German "Taylors" running around.
I guess I have a problem with a foreign company challenging the right of an actual McDonald highlander to use their clan name.
Well, if the foreign corporation was suing in your country, they would have been suing under that country's laws. If they were suing for trademark infringment, it was a trademark granted by that country.
They are concerned about preserving the brand name.
At the risk of going round in perpetual circles the name is not theirs to brand and yes I know that the Buffistas don't rule the world *yet* so the situation is unlikely to be fixed from this discussion.
I'm one of those. I tend to think it's been an attractive heritage to claim since WWII--it's got all that romantic mythology and persecution
USian persecution recently enough that it's still a factor in the Aggressive Celtic Pride seen in some USians of Irish Descent, in point of fact. (USians of Scottish Descent, in my experience, tend to only get aggressive about it if drinks are being selected, or if their name happens to be Ian Bruce (McRealLastName) and they happen to be my brother.)
Before making blanket assumptions about USian history, do a little research on it.
Hey, on that note, I'm going to go read The Gangs of New York, all about the Civil War draft riots and Irish gangs.
Or maybe Stanley Basic Wiring. hmmm.
Stanley Basic Wiring is more depressing.
-Signed, needs to rewire house ASAP.
What medieval sources are you thinking of here?
Sources, who needs sources when you can't drive in this country for medieval castles!
? Which answers my question not at all. You were citing "the medieaval tradition of damsel in distress" as a source for the girl-gets-munched-by-monster trope so popular in pulp horror films.
From my own experience, Americans are very very very keen on celebrating their Scottishness or Irishness or Whateverness, even when it's many generations in the past. Ceilidhs and tartans and the whole bit. Have you seen how big the St Patrick's day celebrations are? Whole rivers get dyed green, for heaven's sakes!
And beer, too. I really think the Irish should sue for defamation.
I always think ofAmericans of Irish and Italian descent (the Catholics) and possibly Greek as being very prideful in their heritage because it wasn't so long ago that we had the first Catholic President. And I don't believe we've had an Italian-American president ever. And it certainly wasn't too long ago that they were semi-segragated into neighborhoods. Certainly in my mother's time.