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Re: Anglicization of names (was Re: Language naming terminology)

From:Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 22, 1998, 18:33
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Nik Taylor wrote:


> Anyways, is this a common phenomenon in other cultures, or is this

Consider the Romans...



> of Anglicization simply changing the sound?  I know of some cases where

Not always:  I know a guy named "Mark Smith".  His ancestral name is
"McGobhain"--Gaelic for "son of a blacksmith".