Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
He was probably one of these people who change their English names to Irish ones. The sort who are actually called Bill Smith, but style themselves Liam Mac an Ghabhain* or whatever.

*I'm sure sw will correct my spelling here. Although I find the notion of spelling in Irish a rather droll one.
I would not have expected the "an" to be there but who knows.

You only ever really learned your own name for the oral exams.