Re: your mail

Eric Christopherson scripsit:

> Ah, I had wondered about your last name. I've always liked the sound of it
> but wondered how you got Ll from C. So it's "Son of Ewan?" Is that the
> origin of Cowan also?
This is almost amounting to a FAQ, but I don't mind answering again:
in a word, yes.  The "c" is a highly reduced form of "Mac", and "Cowan" >
"Mac Eoghain" = "son of Eoghan".  So if I were of Comroig rather
than Hiberno-Deutsch origin, "Llewan" would have been a plausible
surname for my family.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
       I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin