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<DIV><FONT size=2>If memory serves, this is actually a case where the simple
explanation is a bit different -- "Etaoin" is a variant spellynge for "Edain"
(or the other way round, perhaps). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I don't *understand* lenition / related variations in
rendering Irish and other Gaelic across the gulf of years, but after a bit of
exposure I retain a little bit of knowledge. As usual, a dangerous
thing...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Mike C. Baker<BR>SCA: al-Sayyid Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra, F.O.B,
OSCA<BR>"Other": Reverend Kihe Blackeagle PULC (the DreamSinger
Bard)<BR>Opinions? I'm FULL of 'em<BR>alt. e-mail: KiheBard@hotmail.com OR
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rudin@ev1.net href="mailto:rudin@ev1.net">Jay Rudin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=heralds@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:heralds@ansteorra.org">Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra -
SCA,Inc.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 10, 2006 12:09
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ANSTHRLD] Name check
please</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Etaoin" comprises the six most common
letters in English, in order of relative frequency. I suspect it's just
a made-up name.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=francis.schalles@ttuhsc.edu
href="mailto:francis.schalles@ttuhsc.edu">francis.schalles@ttuhsc.edu</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=heralds@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:heralds@ansteorra.org">heralds@ansteorra.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 10, 2006 11:43
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [ANSTHRLD] Name check
please</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ave and good
day!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Name check please: Katharine
Etaoin Yseult Kavanagh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Persona
Irish.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Katharine, on <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Laurel</st1:place></st1:City>’s web
page.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Etaoin, I can only find a
reference to a Legendary Old Irish Heroine. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Possible
presumptuous?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yseult, possible variant of
Iseult, which is a Welsh variant of Isolda (13<SUP>th</SUP> cent <st1:place
w:st="on">Yorkshire</st1:place>).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kavanagh – (Caomhanach)
Descendents of Diarmuid MacMurrough, 12 century at <st1:place
w:st="on">Leinster</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cavanagh,
MacMurrough<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Troye de
Leon</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Western Cross Pursuivant
Herald,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Barony of
Bonwicke. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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