Talk:Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire

Edward VIII claim
I have removed from the article the unsourced claim that Alexandria had the only unemployment benefit office in the country with the insignia of Edward VIII. This is untrue, as shown by other examples in Dunfermline, Derby and Gateshead. Jellyman (talk) 23:32, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

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Scottish Gaelic name
I have removed the reference to 'Magh Leamhna' as the Scottish Gaelic name for Alexandria. As the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia page 'Magh Leamhna' is for Vale of Leven we should tread carefully with making future changes and gather further citations to avoid conflating the two. --Susan.nls (talk) 12:19, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) The existing reference (here) is not a reliable source: it is an anonymous list from a news site that no longer exists; no attributions or references to where the Gaelic versions came from; not clear why some of those Gaelic names have asterisks.
 * 2) 'Alexandria' is the recommended Gaelic form in Scotrail's list of Station Names recommended by the Gaelic Placenames advisory body.
 * 3) 'Magh Leamhna' appears to be used for the Vale of Leven as a whole, not just the town of Alexandria: "The name of the river from Loch Lomond is Leamhain, gen. Leamhna, Leven, meaning ‘ Elm-water.’ Its plain, the Vale of Leven, was Magh Leamhna, and Loch Lomond was of old Loch Leamhna.


 * Magh Leamhna is the proper name for the town. Towns are often named after the areas which they are in, or vice versa. I've seen the "recommendations" by the Gaelic Placenames Advisory Body. They seem more interested in using English Placenames than Gaelic ones! -86.153.50.10 (talk) 20:11, 13 December 2018 (UTC)