For only the second time in my life....

Marcy Sheiner said:
That is pretty much what I meant. Thanks for responding.
My mother worked in the NYC office of BBC for about 8 years. She loved the people and they loved her--after my father died she left to move to Florida, and they threw her a she-bang of a party, even issued a press release saying how much they'd miss her.
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when you say BBC office in NYC what BBC offices were they ?
 

My surname will never roll across the screen. My Jewish ancestors moved to the US to escape Germany and settled in the mountains of NC as Baptists. Both my first name (not my middle name, Doug) and my last name are butchered Jewish names. No one can ever spell them as they sound.
 
Using the site Bretrick found
I looked up my Irish Gaelic surname
1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 143 people bear this surname

MOST PREVALENT IN:
Wales
HIGHEST DENSITY IN:
Wales

I would have thought it would be most common in Eire but apparently not.
But there are many variations from the original root.
 
Furryanimal said:
Using the site Bretrick found
I looked up my Irish Gaelic surname
1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 143 people bear this surname

MOST PREVALENT IN:
Wales
HIGHEST DENSITY IN:
Wales

I would have thought it would be most common in Eire but apparently not.
But there are many variations from the original root.
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Gaelic is Irish, Scottish and Welsh....
 
Bretrick said:
I saw my surname roll by in the credits of a television show.
Being of Irish descent, most ended up in the US of A.
The spelling of my surname is rated at 164,554 most common in the world.
There are 2,333 people with this name in the US.
147 in England
75 in Australia
50 in Canada
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My actual name is actually well known. Albeit, related to me only by association. Just last week I had a stranger hear my name and say, "Hey!"

I've gotten used to it. :D
 
Furryanimal said:
That’s debatable but I know my surname is down to my Great Grandad who came over from Cork in the late 19th century.
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Irish and Scottish Gaelic are both Celtic languages, while Welsh is also a Celtic language but from a different branch (Brittonic, as opposed to Goidelic for Irish and Scottish Gaelic). All three are distinct languages, though related due to their shared Celtic origin.



Here's a more detailed explanation:
  • Gaelic Languages:
    Scottish Gaelic and Irish are both Goidelic languages, which is a branch of the Celtic language family. They are closely related, with some mutual intelligibility between them, but they are distinct languages with their own dialects and vocabulary.

  • Welsh:
    Welsh is a Brittonic Celtic language, distinct from the Goidelic languages of Irish and Scottish Gaelic. While it shares a common ancestor with Irish and Scottish Gaelic (Proto-Celtic), the languages diverged significantly over time, making them mutually unintelligible.


  • Mutual Intelligibility:
    While speakers of Irish and Scottish Gaelic can often understand each other to some degree, Welsh speakers would generally not understand Irish or Scottish Gaelic, and vice versa.
 

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