On Jul 21, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > 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
Mor, not Mohr (big)? > 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! Very interesting. My mom's maiden name was McGeorge because her ancestors in Clan MacGregor were disbanded when they wouldn't give up some time honored scot hobbies like cattle rustling and feuding with the neighbors, and revolting against authority. But, all in all an interesting and wonderfully pedantic history lesson. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
