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8th December 07, 10:35 AM
#1
Sean rules!!
Go for this spelling not Shaun or anything like that!!
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8th December 07, 01:54 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot
Sean rules!!
Go for this spelling not Shaun or anything like that!!
Definitely. If your going to use Sean, or any other celtic name, go with the traditional spelling, not something that's been bastardized.... I mean anglicized.
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8th December 07, 07:03 PM
#3
Originally Posted by Crusty
Definitely. If your going to use Sean, or any other celtic name, go with the traditional spelling, not something that's been bastardized.... I mean anglicized.
Yeah, right on!
It's not James, it's Hamish..... Hamish Bond?
Bond. Hamish Bond....
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8th December 07, 09:01 PM
#4
Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot
Yeah, right on!
It's not James, it's Hamish..... Hamish Bond?
Bond. Hamish Bond....
Hamish is an Anglicisation.
James is Séamas (IRISH) or Seumas (SCOTTISH GAELIC). However, the vocative is Shéamais (IRISH) or Sheumais (SCOTTISH GAELIC) both of which are pronounced HAIM-ISH. So, I guess it's really more of a phonetic rendering than an Anglicisation.
Bonnd. Seumas Mac Boinnd 
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9th December 07, 12:36 PM
#5
Originally Posted by slohairt
Hamish is an Anglicisation.
James is Séamas (IRISH) or Seumas (SCOTTISH GAELIC). However, the vocative is Shéamais (IRISH) or Sheumais (SCOTTISH GAELIC) both of which are pronounced HAIM-ISH. So, I guess it's really more of a phonetic rendering than an Anglicisation.
Bonnd. Seumas Mac Boinnd
I knew that, I was testing you....yeah...
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8th December 07, 08:56 PM
#6
Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot
Sean rules!!
Go for this spelling not Shaun or anything like that!!
Ha! You mean Seán!
Sean is actually the Gaelic (whether Irish or Scottish) word for old!
Last edited by slohairt; 8th December 07 at 09:03 PM.
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8th December 07, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by slohairt
Ha! You mean Seán!
Sean is actually the Gaelic (whether Irish or Scottish) word for old!
Would the pronunciation be different?
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8th December 07, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Archangel
Would the pronunciation be different?
Yes! Seán is pronounced SHAWN, while Sean is pronounced SHAN. Interestingly, Seán, while the most accepted Irish version of John today, is really the Irish form of the Norman-French form of John: Jehan or Jean.
In Scottish Gaelic, Seán is often rendered Seathan. It's rarely seen, as the usual Gaelic form of John in Scotland is Iain.
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9th December 07, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by slohairt
Yes! Seán is pronounced SHAWN, while Sean is pronounced SHAN. Interestingly, Seán, while the most accepted Irish version of John today, is really the Irish form of the Norman-French form of John: Jehan or Jean.
In Scottish Gaelic, Seán is often rendered Seathan. It's rarely seen, as the usual Gaelic form of John in Scotland is Iain.
SHAN? Like Shane?
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9th December 07, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot
SHAN? Like Shane?
No, SHAN as in Shanty. Shane is a result of the fada (accent) being shifted from the "a" to the "e" = Séan (SHANE)
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