On Jul 20, 2011, at 17:49 , Joseph McAllister wrote: > Joseph J. McAllister > > "Joe Sef" "Jay" "Mack Allister"
I'd like to modify my pronunciation a bit, though I'm sure most all of you have heard the pronunciation in Bobby Gentry's 1967 "Ode To Billie Joe" and the fateful plunge he took from the Tallahatchie bridge.** Or the French version which eliminates Billie Joe altogether, substituting Marie-Jeanne Guillaume jumping from the Pont de la Garonne. Or the Swedish "Jon Andreas visa".* Historicallly, the name McAllister was written Mac Alister, an Anglicisation of the Gaelic MacAlasdair meaning "son of Alasdair", referring to Alasdair Mòr, son of Domhnall, founder of Clan Donald. Alasdair Mòr and his nephew Alasdair Og went their separate ways, Alasdair Og then heading over to Northern Ireland and going by the name McDonald, while Alasdair Mòr settled eventually in Kintyre as the founder of the clan Mac Alasdair. Much of this is conjecture, as little of written history exists from the period 1100 to 1500 as regards the clan. Enough though to spark many disputes over who, where, and how the clan's origins are attributed. And many books written with points and proof a half dozen ways. The British Crown took it all away when they decreed in the early 1600 that clans, as they were structured, with Kings of their own, were illegal, and must pledge fealty to King James III, or have their lands taken by the Crown. Buncha BS that is. Still willing to fight for our lands, if we could find a large country to back us up, like the USA! You may substitute a 't' for the 'd' in Alasdair. My spell checker does. In the articles and books I've read, they use either way. In modern usage, there are over 40 spellings of the name these days. *** I'd therefor like to make a minor change to my last name's pronunciation: "Joe Sef" "Jay" "Mack `Al lister" ( J. refers to my mothers maiden name, Jones) The typewriter, and now computer keyboards, have taken away the written contraction of MacAllister I grew up using, that my father taught me, and he his. That is M superscript c underscored with a wavy equals sign, or an equals sign turned vertical, then capitol A and so forth. I can create it in a well featured word processor, though unable to in plain text. More subjugation of the clan by the man! Joseph McAllister [email protected] THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. * Wikipedia ** Lyrics: It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was balin' hay And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet" And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge" "Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas "Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please" "There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow" And Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night? "I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right" "I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge" "And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge" And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?" "I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite" "That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today" "Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way" "He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge" "And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge" A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge *** SEPTS of the Clan: Alastair, Alexander, Alison, Alistair,Allison, Alister, MacAlasdair, MacAlaster, MacAlester,MacAlister, MacAllister, MacAllister, McAlister, McAlester, McAllister, McCallister, McCollister, McLister, Sanders, Saunders NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLAN: ALISTER ALLISTER ALESTER ALISTAIR ALLASTER ALLISTAIR ALLESTER ALLASDAIR ALASDAIR ALASTER ALASTAIR MACCALLASTER MACALSHONER MACCALISTER MACALISTAIR MACALASTER MACALLESTER MACALLESTAR MACALASDAIR MACALLASTER MACALESTAR MACALESTER MACALLESTAIR MACALESTIR MACALISTER MACALEXANDER MACALSHONAIR MACALLESTYR MACALSTAR MACALESTARE MACALESTRE MACALLISTER MACALESTERE MACALASTAIR MACALYSCHANDIR MACCOLLISTER MACKALLISTER MACKALEXANDER MACQUHOLLASTAR MAKALEXANDER MAKALESTYR MAKEALLYSTER MAKALLASTAIR MAKALLESTIR MAKALESTER SAUNDERSON SAUNDERS SANDRISSOUN SANDRISON SANDERRISSONE SANDERISONE SANDERSOUNN SANDERIS SANDERSONE SANDERSON SANDERS ALSHINOR ALSHONAR ALSHIONER ALESCHENOR ALSCHINNER ALSHINDER ALECKANDER ALSHONDER ALSCHIONER ALSCHONER ALSHENOUR ALESCHUNDER ALAKSANDU ALSCHONDER ALEXSHUNDER ALISSCHONDER ALSCHUNDER ALISANDRE ALSHANDER ALAXANDAIR ALISSCHONER ALSHUMDER ASHIONER ASCHENOUR ALZENHER ALSHONER ALSHUNDER ALZENOR ALSHONNER ALSINDER ALSHONIR ELSHENER ELSHENDER ELCHUNER ELSHENOUR ELSHENAR ELSENDER ELSHER ELCHYNEUR ELZENOUR ELSHINAR ELSHIONER ELSHUNDER SANDIESOUNE SANDESOUNE SANDIE SANDESOUN SANDESONE SANDESOUNN SANDY SANDISON SANDESON ALEXANDER AILLIESON ALLESOUNE ALLESOUN ALESON ALISON ALLASONE ALLASON ALLASOUN ALLISON ALLASOUNE ALLASSON ALESOUN ALLSOUN ALLISONE ALASON ALIZON ALLESON ALISONE ALISSONE ALESONE ALYSONE ALIESONE ALEYNSON ALEINSON ALLANSON ALENSONE ALLANSONE ALLANSOUNE ALEYNSSON ALLINSON ALANESONE ALINSON ALANSOUN ALANESOUN ALANSON ALANSONE ALYNSON ELLIS ELLISON ELLISS ELLISSON ALEXANDERSON Joseph McAllister [email protected] THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
