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
I knew that, I was testing you....yeah...