We sometimes wonder why our surname is spelled so many different ways.\u00a0 Hearing how our surnames are pronounced by Scots, and how they may be heard by non-Scots (perhaps you the listener) may help with understanding what can happen.<\/p>\n
Bicket(t)\/Becket(t)<\/strong><\/p>\n Below are three recordings below of Scots speaking the words ‘Bicket(t)’ and ‘Becket(t)’.\u00a0 You be the judge of what you hear.<\/p>\n Bicket-Becket pronunciations at Bickethall<\/a><\/p>\n Bicket-Becket pronunciations by three Scots<\/a><\/p>\n Bicket-Becket pronunciations w David Bicket of Kilwinning<\/a><\/p>\n Bichan<\/strong><\/p>\n The genetic branch of the tree which went to Orkney took on the spelling Bichan.\u00a0 Even this has different pronunciations by people who have the name.\u00a0 Here is a recording by an Orkney Bichan (Kay Morgan nee Bichan) giving her surname as pronounced differently by Orkney Bichans and New Zealand Bichans.<\/p>\n