Re: [TY] Re: Irish Nuggets (was Gaelic Greetings)

[Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>]

Poster: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>

Eogan wrote:
>
>The Mc- =Irish and Mac- =Scottish rule is just a myth.  There are (and
>historically have been) just as many Macs in Ireland and Mcs in Scotland.
>The prefixes Mc-, M'-, and Ma- are all abbreviated forms of the Gaelic
>"mac" which means "son of" in both countries.

And let's not forget where the Scots originated afterall.

In service,
Corun MacAnndra (that's an Irish Mac)

     Corun MacAnndra   |   Dark Horde by birth   |   Moritu by choice
Though we are not now that strength, which in old days moved earth and heaven,
that which we are, we are. One equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time
and fates, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.

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