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    Quote Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slohairt View Post
    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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