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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 356.1 | any other attempts? | TALLIS::DARCY | George Darcy, Advanced VAX Development | Wed Mar 30 1988 19:46 | 5 |
| I feel like I'm baptizing someone, but maise means elegance,
(it also means indeed). Pronounced it as <mush' a>, leave
out the New York "u" though. I'd keep your "Gaelicized" last name.
Maise O'Laoi
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| 356.2 | Speaking of names. . . | AKOV11::KING | George Orwell was an Optimist! | Thu Mar 31 1988 03:48 | 8 |
| Could someone please include a list of names in Gaelic?
(I run a role-playing campaing set in the british isles and would
love to use authentic names.
Thanx in advance
Bob K.
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| 356.3 | Its a topsy turvey world. | EGAV01::MHUGHES | | Thu Mar 31 1988 04:57 | 24 |
| Leaprechauns don't want to dissappoint.
Lee is a common Irish surname with different roots than your Wook
(pun intended).
Laoi (properly pronounced luy-ee) its other Gaelic meaning is calf
as in cow progeny, and not as in the muscles at the back of your
legs.
I think there is a connection with a sad tune also or lament.
I do not know the gaelic for plum (but I might be able to find
out).
Crann is the gaelic for tree (pronounced cronn).
George is correct as far as maise is concerned but its pronounced
mosh-eh.
Its the construction however that would screw it up.
In gaelic the adjective (maishe - elegant) would have to come
after the noun (plum tree) which would have the effect of reversing
your name.
Snake will ask the question if I see one of my neighbours, Oh! tree
plum elegant.
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| 356.4 | The Irish call me Maise | WOOK::LEE | Wook... Like 'Book' with a 'W' | Fri Apr 01 1988 17:04 | 20 |
| Hey, guys, thanks. Let's see if I can give you a little more
flexibility as far as my last name goes. The chinese character
for "Lee" is made up of two characters, one meaning "tree" and the
onther meaning "son" or "child" so, O'Crann or Mac'Crann would be
appropriate.
I might add that in the orient, the typical name order is surname
followed by given name. My name is Lee Wook to most Koreans,
(actually, a Korean would pronounce it Yi Ook [go easy on the "Y"]).
The way I look at it, I should either go with all phonetic equivalents,
ie. O'Laoi with an appropriate phonetic equivalent for "Wook", or
else meaning equivalents, namely (pun intended) Maise O'Crann or
Mac'Crann (is there a preference?) Is there a name that might fit
better with the meaning "intricate pattern" or "colorful design"?
I really appreciate the time you folk are taking on this. Names
have always fascinated me, so this is great.
Wook (or Maise Mac'Crann [my preference so far])
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| 356.5 | We are getting there. | GAOV08::MHUGHES | | Tue Apr 05 1988 05:21 | 8 |
| Leaprechauns did not evolve.
re .4
McCrann is an Irish surname (plenty in the phone book), and it could
mean "of the tree".
Snake sees the evolution of a name.
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| 356.6 | | 2HOT::KROBINSON | Icon do windows. | Fri Apr 08 1988 13:12 | 10 |
| A Gaelic word that means calf and lament. (From the lowing of the
animals, perhaps? Or, more likely, some poor soul who died in a cattle
raid?)
A Korean word that means "Elegant" with connotations of "intricate
patterns". (Wow!)
Gee, I wish I was better with languages! Thank you for enriching
my knowledge.
kathy
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