Doreen, I have an Isa in my family, who was an Isabella regards MoynaAt 09:00 AM 07/20/2003 -0600, you wrote: >SCT-ARGYLL-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 118 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [ARGYLL] Re: Neil ["Carol Salvino" > <carolsal@rogers.c] > #2 [ARGYLL] Re: Names ["Les HORN" > <Leshorn@ythanonich.fre] > #3 [ARGYLL] Name substitution [Brian Maye <bmaye@ozemail.com.au>] > #4 [ARGYLL] changes of name ["Iris wilson" > <iris@irdor.fsnet.co] > #5 [ARGYLL] Name substitution ["Martyn Taylor" > <martyntaylor@msn.] > #6 Re: [ARGYLL] changes of name ["Martyn Taylor" > <martyntaylor@msn.] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from SCT-ARGYLL-D, send a message to > > SCT-ARGYLL-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >To contact the SCT-ARGYLL-D list administrator, send mail to >SCT-ARGYLL-admin@rootsweb.com. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 10:34:05 -0400 >From: "Carol Salvino" <carolsal@rogers.com> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <00c701c34e02$cea92ac0$ce256418@bawk.phub.net.cable.rogers.com> >Subject: [ARGYLL] Re: Neil >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Thank you to everyone that answered my querie re: the name "Neil". >Your help is much appreciated! > >Regards, >Carol > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 18:06:55 +0100 >From: "Les HORN" <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <007001c34e18$28ce82b0$3f834c51@yourvw9b0ghct7> >Subject: [ARGYLL] Re: Names >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > >Hi List > >I've just woken up to the fact that there's a discussion on Names. > >I recommend the following web site on "Celtic" names. It's not >bad. There are a few entries with which I, and others, don't quite agree; >however, in the main it's a good guide. > >http://www.crosswinds.net/%7Edaire/names/celtscotmale.html > >The following is an extract re Iver/Ivie etc : > >Iomhair — (EE-uh-var) from the Teutonic name Ivor, "archer". Ivar, Iver, >Ivor. >Ivar — from Gaelic form, Iomhair (EE-uh-vuhr), of the Old Norse Ivarr, >meaning "yew tree army"; traditional first name in clan Campbell of >Strachan, and also the source of the surname MacIver. Ivor. > >Take a look you'll find it well worth it. > >Best Wishes >Les > > >- >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 15:02:41 +1000 >From: Brian Maye <bmaye@ozemail.com.au> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <f05100301bb3e80af23ca@[210.84.105.104]> >Subject: [ARGYLL] Name substitution >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Further to this very interesting exchange, I am interested if there are >others who have come across the interchange of Mary & Margaret (Peggy) in >ARL. I think it has occurred in my family a number of times, probably >because of the similarity of the two names in Gaelic to an 'English' ear. > >Also wondering if anyone has found the use of Sarah & Ann(e) for the same >person at different times. > >Anne Maye. > >______________________________ > >X-Message: #4 >Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:12:03 +0100 >From: "Iris wilson" <iris@irdor.fsnet.co.uk> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <000e01c34ea7$715fe200$ae8687d9@YOURC97F7AA890> >Subject: [ARGYLL] changes of name >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hi List > >Does anyone know if there is an alternative to Isabella other than the >obvious, Isobel or Bella. > >Doreen > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:01:13 +0100 >From: "Martyn Taylor" <martyntaylor@msn.com> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV1009JwrNylA0000bfaa@hotmail.com> >Subject: [ARGYLL] Name substitution >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Anne > >Another possible reason for the interchange of "Margaret" and "Mary" is the >abbreviation of "Margaret" to "Marg", followed by a misreading of "Marg" as >"Mary". > >I'm not suggesting that this is always the explanation but I have experience >of one case where it was. > >Martyn > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brian Maye" <bmaye@ozemail.com.au> >To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 6:02 AM >Subject: [ARGYLL] Name substitution > > > > Further to this very interesting exchange, I am interested if there > > are others who have come across the interchange of Mary & Margaret > > (Peggy) in ARL. I think it has occurred in my family a number of > > times, probably because of the similarity of the two names in Gaelic > > to an 'English' ear. > ><snip> > >______________________________X-Message: #6 >Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:02:31 +0100 >From: "Martyn Taylor" <martyntaylor@msn.com> >To: SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV137GOtiWK5s0000bf00@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [ARGYLL] changes of name >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Doreen > >I have read that until the 16th century Isabel (etc) was interchangeable >with Elizabeth and have seen hints that this continued later. (However it >seems not to have been universally the case by the 1830s as my g.g. >grandfather named two of his daughters Elizabeth and Isabella then, and both >survived to adulthood.) > >Martyn > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Iris wilson" <iris@irdor.fsnet.co.uk> >To: <SCT-ARGYLL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 11:12 AM >Subject: [ARGYLL] changes of name > > > > Hi List > > > > Does anyone know if there is an alternative to Isabella other than the >obvious, Isobel or Bella. > > > > Doreen