[lit-ideas] Re: Joy and Satisfaction...
- From: "David Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:54:44 -0500
Ha-whoops. With regard to haitches and consonants, it should have been
'silent or soft'. Silent in bodhran or athas, soft in Siobhan or dubh...
d.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Wright"
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Joy and Satisfaction...
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:18:45 -0500
You're right, of course, it is Donald, not Donal. But then I was
born right, or at least Wright -- Raight/Raiught if you listen to the
Galwegian crowd. Thus, I can get away with whatever the hell I like.
But surely you would find no fault if Silly Wizard sang Donal
(instead of Donald) McGillivray. That troosers shite is crap, sure
as, well, shite, but I've yet to uncover a truly bad song in the
recorded Wizard repertoire.
But, lament that 'proper' Celtic spelling is the result of Anglo
scholars trying too bloody hard. Let the ruddy 'H' (read haitch)
that renders the immediately antecedent consonant silent rot in the
bog. Bodhran is either bō'rän' or bou'rän allowing for regional
dialects and all that rot; neither bō'drăn, nor bŏ'drăn are
acceptable
thinking Silly Wizard may not be so rotten a name,
d.
Donal, Evoy's son wrote
I googled and it is 'Donald'. (What a fkg relief). That is not my
name, so I insist. That song has therefore no relevance to me and
those of my name-ilk. My name's proper Celtic and not some
bastardised Anglisization.
Donal or Dohnmaill
McEvoy or MacGiollabhureirdi
(obviously I could be just making these gaelic versions up - it's
what Celts tend often to do; you can call me Siobhann btw and a
fan
of Seamus Jouycceeus)
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