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 | | From: | Michilín | | Subject: | Re: Not John Lawler [was; Re: "English English" vs "Angloid" [was: Re: Most Contributors [was Re: ScotsGate Scots Language Portal]]] | | Date: | Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:43:33 GMT |
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 | On 6 Dec 2004 01:18:35 -0800, jwlawler@yahoo.com wrote:
>Michil=EDn wrote:
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>> Earlier I wrote that I was amused by your name. The reason was that
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>> Scots Gaelic it translates as "semi-leper" and as Scots and Irish
>> Gaelic are for all intents and purposes mutually intelligible, I
>> assumed it was an Irish witticism.
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>I normally translate it as "half a leper". I can imagine myself in a
>Monty Python film: "Alms for half a leper".
Halfpennies?
>It may have originally been a witticism but if so, my distant ancestors
>deserve the credit rather than me. I don't know what the half
>signifies: was one of my ancestors the child of a leper or was he
>suspected of leprosy?
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>The name is most commonly anglicised as Lawlor but Lawler and Lalor are
>used by some.
It almost looks like a variant of lawyer.
>> Michil=EDn
>Se=E1n O'Leathl=F3bhair
>(One of at least two John Lawlers in the group)
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Michilín
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