Quote Originally Posted by Shullamuth View Post
Hello Everyone,

Wow . As mentioned above, I write a bit about the band Angus Mohr. So I guess I'm curious about the sources for correct and incorrect spelling, especially when it comes to Gaelic. I thought h was an aspiration and where you put it depends a lot on your accent.

As for the presumption that a band (or person for that matter-- I've seen my name spelled Shullamith, but I'm not inclined to change now) is spelling their name incorrectly, here is a link to a published text with the spelling "Angus Mohr."

http://books.google.com/books?id=NiY...istory&f=false

Angus Mohr is a brilliant band, and they put on an amazing show. So, yeah, I'm partisan, but I'm not trying to be obnoxious. I'm just honestly curious about the source information.
Well, then, there's a historical precedent for the spelling. In the modern standard spelling of Scottish Gaelic, however, the spelling would be Aonghas Mór. I don't believe the mór should be aspirated, as Aonghas doesn't end in a vowel. If it were aspirated the Gaelic spelling would be Aonghas Mhór.

Quote Originally Posted by chrisupyonder View Post
Oops! sorry. I did not read the post properly. Mohr is a german surname and I think has Celtic roots in one of the Celtic languages of which Gaelic is only one of several, which include Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Bretton, Manx and Cornish and have their source in central Europe. So it is not misspelled Gaelic. I cannot see any problem with the name and the band is Great, love their music.
In the context of the band's name, unless it has a double meaning, I believe "Mohr" is from the Scottish Gaelic mór, meaning "great", used as an appellation for a particular man named Angus (or Aonghas) who lived in the thirteenth century. I am not familiar with the use of "oh" to indicate the long o in Scottish Gaelic, but as Shullamuth has pointed me to one source from the 19th century, I'm open to the possibility that it was once a possible spelling, even if it is not considered standard now.

And I'm sure they're a great band. I'm not knocking their musical talent.