Celtic Studies (01/11)

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[*smacks forehead* With the right journal this time. Wow. That was a really long nap. Sorry. Still sleepy. Hence the shortness. And lack of real info.]]

"Madainn mhath, a chlas," Camulus begins. "Welcome back. We shall begin. Yesterday, I asked you to think about your families - biological, extended, adopted, or otherwise. The reason for this is that the understanding of clan and clan loyalties is behind just about everything. The Celtic code of chivalry doesn't quite exist as many others do. You'll find numerous accounts of infidelity, wifeswapping, cheating at fidchell, and any number of other activities not deemed appropriate by society today. But clan is always the most important." He continues lecturing on the lengthy clan wars that could erupt, the development and eventual outlawing of the clan system in Scotland under the reign of the English monarchs and the establishment of the system of clan tartans under the same.

"A further example is in the profusion of Mac-, Mc-, and O'- surnames found now around the world," he continues. "The word 'clan' itself comes from the Gaelic for 'children', 'clann' (klown). Therefore, the word 'clann' combined with the genitive form of the name of the father, say Donald or Domhnall (Do(n)wool), would become 'clann Dhomhnaill' (Ghow(n)wheel). The same thing applies when one takes the word for 'son' - 'mac'. The son of Donald is MacDhomhnaill. The female counterpart, 'nic', has rather falllen out use. 'Mc' developed from the same, and the 'O' prefix came from the Irish equivalent, 'ui'. The saga of the Ui Neills, or the O'Neills, forms a large part of the Kings Cycle of literature." He smiles. "We'll begin a cursory look at Gaelic next week, and we'll continue talking about families next day. I'll introduce you to the sloinneadh."

[[EDIT: Now with header! *falls asleep again*]]

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[Done. So . . . very . . . tired . . .]]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[Latin homework. Or I would. I'm listening to Finnish death metal and am freezing cold to keep myself awake long enough to conjugate.]]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[*lifts hand to smack him* *requires too much energy* *slumps back down to desk*]]

[demonbelthazor]

Bel signs into class and listens to the lecture with interest before falling asleep as well.

[psi16.livejournal.com]

Lyta finds her name on the roster once more, initialing beside it for the appropriate date. She then seats herself and opens a notebook. From her pocket, she produces a pen. The essay (http://www.livejournal.com/users/psi16/3713.html#cutid2) on family remains in the folder pocket in the spiral-bound book.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

[[Are we going to the Emporium? If so, let's do it before I fall asleep again.]]

[psi16.livejournal.com]

[If you want to put it off until this weekend, that's fine, too. I'm kinda under the weather and thinking about early bedtime myself.]

[sea-incarnadine.livejournal.com]

Macbeth signed in and listened only slightly intently as Camulus explained all about the prefixes that he already understood. He was MacBeth, after all.
Mostly, he was just thankful that the teacher hadn't asked the class to hand in their papers on family (http://www.livejournal.com/users/sea_incarnadine/2327.html#cutid2). His own was still... rather lacking, and he was somewhat hard-pressed to share.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe took attendance and watched everyone as she listened to Camulus.

[psi16.livejournal.com]

Lyta sensed there was something wrong with Phoebe, but she couldn't put her finger on it see it for all the fur.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe is very mature and sticks her toungue out at Lyta. :)

[scissors--.livejournal.com]

Edward was here all the time, carefully inspecting his scissors.