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in reply to a message by Tiggs
Irish has double consonant l, but not a letter ll, like in Welsh or Spanish.
http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/ortho.htm
So you wouldn't start a word or name with two ls in Irish, and therefore I'd say that Llaurence is almost certainly a mistranscription.
I really like Malachy too.:) And Martin and Lawrence are also nice names.
http://nualeargais.ie/gnag/ortho.htm
So you wouldn't start a word or name with two ls in Irish, and therefore I'd say that Llaurence is almost certainly a mistranscription.
I really like Malachy too.:) And Martin and Lawrence are also nice names.
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Thanks! Appreciate that information! :)
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ETA
Double letters are also sometimes used as capitals in pre-1800 docs. I've seen this a few times in 18th-century wills, mostly with F as in this example:
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/cmPSdou.asp
So it's quite possible that someone's seen that on a will, and thought his name was Llawrence.
Double letters are also sometimes used as capitals in pre-1800 docs. I've seen this a few times in 18th-century wills, mostly with F as in this example:
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/cmPSdou.asp
So it's quite possible that someone's seen that on a will, and thought his name was Llawrence.
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Interesting!
Didn't know that about the double letters in old wills. Coolness.
Didn't know that about the double letters in old wills. Coolness.
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