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Subject:	brendan and katherine
Author:	Merrimont (guest, 144.124.16.28)
Date:	October 22, 2003 at 5:03:54 AM
Reply to:	Questions about the meanings of Katherine and Brendan by Miranda

The 'smelly hair' error is a fairly modern error - people working on Irish names in the early 20th century were trying to find Irish roots for all Irish names. As Brendan is a borrowing of Welsh brenin (king), this approach was doomed to failure, and led them to the wrong conclusions.

The Romans probably quite intentionally reinterpreted Katerina for a more 'holy' meaning - see also Veronica.

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Messages in this thread:

Questions about the meanings of Katherine and Brendan - Miranda Oct 21 2003, 11:21:22 PM
- brendan and katherine - Merrimont Oct 22 2003, 5:03:54 AM
- Re: Questions about the meanings of Katherine and Brendan - Anneza Oct 21 2003, 11:58:54 PM
  - So then what would be correct to assume that Katherine *could* mean pure. nm - Willa Oct 22 2003, 3:45:10 PM
    - I meant: So then ONE would be correct to assume that Katherine *could* mean pure. nm - Willa Oct 22 2003, 3:46:13 PM
      - Re: I meant: So then ONE would be correct to assume that Katherine *could* mean pure. nm - Anneza Oct 22 2003, 11:37:22 PM

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