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From: pardoej@lonnds.ml.com (Julian Pardoe LADS LDN X1428)
Subject: Re: Linguistic history of Mc & Mac in Scot
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In article 100000@unix1.netaxs.com, Rick Kephart <rmk@netaxs.com> writes:
>Mac is the Gaelic word for "son".
>[--snip--]
>BTW, Irish names beginning with O' is actually the preposition "of" which 
>is really written as an "O" with an accent, and means descendant of.
>A girl's name should technically start with Ni/ instead of Mac.

I was told that "'O" meant "grandson of".

-- jP --

