ACTUALLY
they're also a strong tradition in the Saxon line. *something's*son is a theme you see in cultures with a strong oral history tradition. You see Thomsons and so on down South as much as you do in the North. Gaelic also has a "son of" prefix to a lot of names.

Just mean that the English versions don't tend to have a societal root. There's no tribal structure in the same way as the Gaelic versions.

Hope this helps. Also, you suck.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:30, 3 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

I'm bookmarking this subthread so I never forget this epic conversation.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:31, Reply)

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( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:33, Reply)

Yeah? Well you're gay.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:34, Reply)

Isn't the Gaelic prefix 'O'?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:35, Reply)

Or Mac
they mean the same thing, though.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:37, Reply)

O' means 'of the clan'
Mac means 'son of'
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:39, Reply)

Mostly the same thing, then.
My point was that they're tribal identifiers, as opposed to English names, which aren't.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:44, Reply)

*prints out thread and frames*

(PsychoChomp, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:45, Reply)

*moves the bookmark to "best internet" folder*

(PsychoChomp, Fri 13 Apr 2012, 11:37, Reply)