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Re: Chinese/Irish twins
by Daividh (guest)
4/21/2001, 2:56 PM
in reply to a message by Phyllis
Hello All,The name Finnian (or "Finnen" with a fada over the "e") means "fair-haired", and is related to the Fenian (sic) Cycle in that one of its core characters is described as "fair", and from thence assumes the name Finn. Phyllis, I think it's Finn you mean, not Fionn, since to the best of my recollection (and memory is risky) Fionn is an entirely different name meaning "jewel".- Da.
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- Mike C   +2
4/21/2001, 6:26 PM
I think Finn and Fionn are variants of the same name, Finn being the Anglicized version. But I could be mistaken...
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- Daividh (guest)   +1
4/21/2001, 9:37 PM
You're right, Mike and Phyllis . Fionn and Finn are variants. Not sure what dusty corner of the memory I got the "jewel" thing from. Like my 78-year-old dad says, the mind is always the second thing to go. And neither of us can remember what the first thing is...
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- Phyllis (guest)
4/26/2001, 1:44 PM
DaividhWhat I was told, the first thing that goes, you have to ask your significant other. ;PPhyllis (aka Sidhe Uaine or Gaia Euphoria)
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- Nanaea   +2
4/21/2001, 3:27 PM
"Celtic Guy" has returned!Psst...! What's your birth month and day, Daividh?-- Nanaea
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- Daividh (guest)   +1
4/21/2001, 9:40 PM
August 15th (among other things, feast day of St. Arnulph of Soissons, patron saint of brewers), sometime in the Truman administration...
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- Nanaea
4/21/2001, 10:53 PM
Your birthday flower is the Virgin's BowerSt. Arnulph of Soissons, patron saint of brewers, no doubt knew how to show a virgin a good time...-- Nanaea
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