... I must urge caution when describing anything as "feudal". I won't go into the feudalism controversy here (except to say I highly recommend Susan Reynold's...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 12, 1999 10:02 pm
Very true! I call myself, and have been known as: Eoghan Og Mac Labhrainn Eogan Og Eogan Bardd Ewan MacLaren Ewan Bard Ewan the Scot (among other things....)...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 12, 1999 10:13 pm
In a message dated 4/12/99 5:40:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... This reminds me of a quote by Dave Barry. . . "Of course this is broad generalization, but,...
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Lin
lintro@...
Apr 13, 1999 1:22 am
Thank you, the information will be very helpful !! ... website, ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/albanach Free Web-based e-mail groups by...
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Phil and Karan Foster
phil@...
Apr 14, 1999 12:38 pm
I found a site that gives surnames and the areas they came from, so based on this new information I am contemplating Angus MacBryde. There is a Gaelic ...
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Bob & Diana Cosby
cosby@...
Apr 14, 1999 3:52 pm
Phil and Karan Foster wrote: Does anyone know what the Gaelic spelling of hawk is and if so can you send me both the regular and the phonetic spellings. I...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 16, 1999 12:13 pm
Beannachd De! ... What kind of Gaelic do you want? Early period, late period, modern Scottish, modern Irish? What do you want to do with the word? (The form of...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 16, 1999 12:13 pm
... The problem is that Gaels didn't use fixed inherited surnames in Gaelic in period, so a source that tells you what surnames came from what areas is not...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 16, 1999 12:28 pm
In a message dated 4/16/99 8:13:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I don't think there ever was... There is a modern conception today that any Scottish family...
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Phil and Karan Foster
phil@...
Apr 16, 1999 12:32 pm
OK. But when it comes to entering a SCA tourney or getting a scroll or whatever from the Society it sounds rather odd to say my is Angus. Just Angus. That's...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 16, 1999 12:39 pm
Greetings all! Following is a modest proposal. I need to see how much interest there is so I can tell if it will fly or not. This June 19th (a Saturday), the...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 16, 1999 12:46 pm
In a message dated 4/16/99 8:32:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, phil@... ... But fun! You will find what feels comfortable once you start using the name....
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Catherine Dushak
moira1@...
Apr 16, 1999 2:38 pm
All this talk of creating proper names has got me wondering if the one I've chosen for myself is accurate. Should it be Moira Guthrie, Moira of Guthrie, or...
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phil
phil@...
Apr 16, 1999 3:36 pm
Would it be proper to introduce oneself as Angus of Styonegate. Stonegate being the household I belong to. ... eGroup home:...
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CelynlaFey@...
Apr 16, 1999 7:01 pm
Hey... I never realized how difficult it was to create a registrable name. I do have a couple more questions though. While not directly related to the group...
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CelynlaFey@...
Apr 16, 1999 7:08 pm
As a former Catamount ... count me in! I'm sure I can get one of my best friends, who graduates from WCU in May and is a SCAdian, to come too. Send details...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:05 am
... No, if the chief of your clan was Mac Eoin (that is, that was his chiefly title), then only his children would include "Mac Eoin" in their bynames, and...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:05 am
... As a warning, I have not been talking about registerable names -- I have been discussing historically accurate recreations of names. Registerable and...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:05 am
Perhaps the confusion is coming because I'm spending a lot of time saying "this isn't the best historical recreation" rather than suggesting what *would* be...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:05 am
... Don't say it's just Angus -- say it is Aonghus mac Eoin (because your father is Eoin mac Domhnaill) or say it is Aonghus mac Domhnaill (because your father...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:05 am
... It is proper in the SCA (and you might even be able register it) but it would be another question if your aim is to use an historically accurate Scottish...
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Sharon L. Krossa
krossa@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:06 am
... I'm away from my books and won't be back at them until Monday, but the first question is do you want a Gaelic name or do you want a name from a Scottish...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:33 am
In a message dated 4/16/99 10:05:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... So, was the practice of calling a cheif "The X" (The MacIntosh, The MacDonald, etc) done in...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:46 am
Noble Africa, Ok, bowing down before the Gaelic majesty I see before me ;-) (can I lay it on thick or what!), I will humbly ask you a question that has long...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:49 am
Moira--the information on Guthrie I sent you should contain the origins of the name and several (male) examples of it's use in period. I will be glad to...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 17, 1999 2:55 am
Attention Albanach! Egroups, the service that is hosting this discussion group, is experimenting with a new service. If you go to the Albanach page, where all...
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Bob & Diana Cosby
cosby@...
Apr 17, 1999 12:00 pm
Until I began researching claymore's, I'd believed they went back into the medieval era. I just read in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary that the claymore, also...
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EoganOg@...
Apr 17, 1999 1:20 pm
Be careful. . . modern weapons dealers as well as amateur historians like to play with the names of Scottish weapons... ;-) Keep in mind that "claymore"; is...
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Bob & Diana Cosby
cosby@...
Apr 17, 1999 3:26 pm
EoganOg@... wrote: Be careful. . . modern weapons dealers as well as amateur historians like to play with the names of Scottish weapons... ;-) ~Thank...
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JBRMM266@...
Apr 18, 1999 12:45 am
To this day, the heads of some clans use peculiar naming customs. The chief of Clan Brodie, I understand, is addressed simply as Brodie. ... eGroup home:...
