tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post786131258566286335..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Gaskins/GaskillPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-90571100187836852552016-08-01T14:11:15.642-04:002016-08-01T14:11:15.642-04:00It's almost akin to gaelic (only as a suffix, ...It's almost akin to gaelic (only as a suffix, not a prefix) in other words Macleod would be a male's last name where as his sisters would be Nicleod... Or, as in Iceland, today, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is is Jóhanna, daughter of Sigurður; conversely, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, his first name is Ólafur Ragnar and his father's first name was Grímur. <br /><br />It makes you wonder, then, if maybe this is an older naming convention that one cannot find on the internet... or at least, I can't find it... ;-) Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877456645867564025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-2339447266974008212016-07-28T14:47:40.595-04:002016-07-28T14:47:40.595-04:00LOL
Thanks for clearing that up!
I forgot about t...LOL<br />Thanks for clearing that up! <br />I forgot about the Lindbergh post.<br />I'm reading about him now.<br />He was a rock star before there was rock.DCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-10552399024946017372016-07-28T14:08:14.127-04:002016-07-28T14:08:14.127-04:00As Ellen Marie writes, "One wonders if the tw...As Ellen Marie writes, "One wonders if the two were at one time the same, and because of difference in pronunciation and, or, spelling, they became two separate names." We may never know.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-52135506888104781142016-07-28T13:44:10.322-04:002016-07-28T13:44:10.322-04:00This is confusing! So do they all have a common an...This is confusing! So do they all have a common ancestor, or were there two distinct original families.<br />Or will it forever remain one of Ocracoke's many mysteries?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com