Re: Language naming terminology)

vardi wrote:

> Among my many immigrant friends here, changes of first name are actually
> more common than last name changes. Often the changes are relatively
> minor and predictable - e.g. John or Jonathan changes to Yonatan;
Not Yochanan?  Is that not a name in current use?

> I'm one of the more "radical" examples I know, perhaps
> since as a professional translator, translating my own name seemed the
> ultimate challenge.
On the Brithenig mailing list Sessiwn Kemres
(archives at http://www.ccil.org/~cowan/sessiwn), the members use
translations/conversions of their names, thus:

        Andrew Smith            Andrew Fferreir
        John Cowan              Iewan Llewan
        Padraic Brown           Padrig Bryn
        Raymond A. Brown        Rhaifun Bryn
        Sally Caves             Sarra di lla Gafurn

etc.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)