Eats, Shoots & Leaves for March 2
I was not aware...
"The apostrophe features in Irish names such as O'Neill and O'Casey. Again, the theory that this is a simple contraction -- this time of 'of' (as in John O'Gaunt) -- is pure wooly misconception. Not a lot of people know this, but the 'O' in Irish names is an anglicisation of 'ua', meaning grandson."
TGIF, baby!
"The apostrophe features in Irish names such as O'Neill and O'Casey. Again, the theory that this is a simple contraction -- this time of 'of' (as in John O'Gaunt) -- is pure wooly misconception. Not a lot of people know this, but the 'O' in Irish names is an anglicisation of 'ua', meaning grandson."
TGIF, baby!