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Subject: Re: I wonder if Shylock then means
Author: Phyllis   (guest, 129.89.249.104)
Date: April 30, 2001 at 10:35:59 AM
Reply to: I wonder if Shylock then means by Selwyn
Selwyn

I think you're thinking of Loch (pronounced like lock in languages that don't have a "hard H" sound (as in the name Bach)). It means "lake" in Scottish and I think in Irish Gaelic, too, but that I'm not sure. Have to access my trusty English-Irish dictionary for that.

Phyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)

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