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Re: [Celticonlang] Re: [romconlang] C-a culture tid bit

At 00:24 6.12.2003, Costentin Cornomorus wrote:


Tis Irish, of course. It is a fairly recent
coining, dating to the troubled times of the
uprising (1916). A particular IRA patriot by the
name of Malachy óConnell had a particular gift
for entertaining his comrades and commanders with
his great store of witticisms and similar.


So it's actually the name of a Biblical
prophet (_Malaki_ in Swedish garb)?
If so an interesting connexion!

/BP 8^)
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