Message from @mememaestro

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2017-08-14 11:28:05 UTC  

C

2017-08-14 11:29:23 UTC  

My surname has, I discovered, some variations are pretty common until today

2017-08-14 11:29:48 UTC  

But yeah, I likely had ancestors in the Dutch East India Company

2017-08-14 11:31:49 UTC  

Here's a Crash COurse episode on the VOC. Open in browser with adblock on so you don't fund the (((Green))) brothers

2017-08-14 11:32:32 UTC  

Mine means rich or the descendant of the wealthy one

2017-08-14 11:32:43 UTC  

Prominent noblemen in my part of the country

2017-08-14 11:32:50 UTC  

Nice.

2017-08-14 11:33:15 UTC  

My first name is a Celtic/Irish name, actually. "Man of the Church" or something

2017-08-14 11:34:12 UTC  

Question. What does your screen name mean? An Maonach

2017-08-14 11:34:25 UTC  

My ancestors are from around Kiev, Warsawa, Zaporozhia

2017-08-14 11:34:51 UTC  

From what I tracked 4 to 3 generations in that area

2017-08-14 11:35:04 UTC  

It's my surname in a grammatical case

2017-08-14 11:35:20 UTC  

Ah

2017-08-14 11:35:23 UTC  

Huge, but this is what happens when you live in places where mongols come in

2017-08-14 11:35:30 UTC  

For example Pádraig Pearse is often referred to as An Piarsach

2017-08-14 11:35:42 UTC  

The chieftan of a clan would often be reffered to in this was

2017-08-14 11:35:51 UTC  

So the chieftan of the Kavanaghs would be An Caomhánach

2017-08-14 11:36:11 UTC  

I know "An" means "The", so that makes sense

2017-08-14 11:36:13 UTC  

Kryplywy is the original but since we moved to the continent of America it "latinised"

2017-08-14 11:36:18 UTC  

Yeah

2017-08-14 11:36:27 UTC  

Literally "the maonach/anglicised"

2017-08-14 11:36:28 UTC  

I've learned a tiny bit of Irish

2017-08-14 11:36:35 UTC  

Absolute tiny bit

2017-08-14 11:36:38 UTC  

Most changed because "OH NO WE ARE GOIN TO BE PERSECUTED"

2017-08-14 11:36:41 UTC  

Because holy shit how even?

2017-08-14 11:36:54 UTC  

Irish is very difficult, it split from English thousands of years ago

2017-08-14 11:36:58 UTC  

How do you even hold a conversation in Irish?

2017-08-14 11:37:01 UTC  

For example there isn't even a word for yes or no

2017-08-14 11:37:10 UTC  

With great difficulty, it requires changing how you think

2017-08-14 11:37:18 UTC  

I was fluent once but I've slipped into mediocrity

2017-08-14 11:37:24 UTC  

And I thought Welsh was weird for having multiple words for "yes" but not one for "No"

2017-08-14 11:37:37 UTC  

It's different in celtic languages

2017-08-14 11:37:40 UTC  

You answer with the topic

2017-08-14 11:37:42 UTC  

No in Welsh would be "Not Yes"

2017-08-14 11:38:03 UTC  

So if I ask you if you walked, the answer would be "I walked" or "I didn't walk"

2017-08-14 11:38:05 UTC  

For yes/no

2017-08-14 11:38:15 UTC  

Ah

2017-08-14 11:38:34 UTC  

The only real form of yes or no is for the more permanent form of the verb to be or to exist, which indicates something is permanently or isn't permanently a way

2017-08-14 11:38:46 UTC  

It's good to be bilingual though