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Please join me in welcoming AWAD's newest member, hibernicus. I'll let hibby tell you all about himself in due time.
Meanwhile:
:: throws confetti ::
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Ok, welcome hibby! ;-) Hibernicus for a Latin Hiberian?
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Why "vale"? Is he leaving so soon? 
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We all too soon depart this vale of tears.
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Didn't mean anything special. Just saying "Hello, I must be going." I can't speak for Hibernicus, but I plan on sticking around. [obv. etym.] Hibernia as the Latin name for Ireland has an interesting etymology (by Pokorny and probably not undisputed): the Irish word Eriu (whence the modern form Eire) is thought to come from *epi-werio:, gen. *epi-werion-is, (from epi- 'near, upon' and *wer(u) 'to close, shut, cover, protect, save, defend, shelter'), 'island, hill'. Cf. Welsh Ywerddon 'Ireland' from the same word. In Latin there has been some interference from Latin hibernus 'of winter' (cf. Greek cheimerinos and Sanskrit hima 'snow') from *g'hei(e)rinos.
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Hi and welcome indeed, hibby - or p'raps I should say croeso i' chi!
And belatedly a big welcome back, Spartann - it's a joy to start seeing your name here again :)
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Salve jheem, ac diolch yn fawr, a vaverick.
Thank you all for your kind words of welcome and etymological insights.
My dear friend Sparteye suggested that I might enjoy this place, and also that some of you would be interested if I were to repost here some thoughts on Tolkien's languages and peoples that I recently posted elsewhere.
I can already say she was right about the first part. The latter remains to be seen.
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Halloo hibernicus, there you are. Welcome aboard. Grab a chair and sit for a while. I'm sure you'll have a good time. Just for my own personal edification...what did you say in that first sentence? I'm assuming you're not putting a curse on poor jheem or anything like that  Check out the tips for newcomers at the top of the information forum. It's extremely useful and will give you tips on how to find the page that'll show you how to do the emoticons.
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In reply to:
Halloo hibernicus, there you are. Welcome aboard. Grab a chair and sit for a while. I'm sure you'll have a good time.
Just for my own personal edification...what did you say in that first sentence? I'm assuming you're not putting a curse on poor jheem or anything like that
Heavens no. I was merely being polite. jheem greeted me in Latin, and maverick welcomed me (for some reason) in Welsh, and I thanked him. Or at least I think I did. I don't actually speak Welsh, so it's hard to be sure!
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May I add my welcome to the others, Hib. I hope you enjoy this place. As for maverick, it's probably the only Celtic language he knows.  (more than most of us, I add, hastily)
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> it's hard to be sure!
sure an it's the truth you're telling ;)
As for thoughts on Tolkienian language, I know I'll be echoed in saying "post away, it sounds fascinating!"
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Mav's right, "post away, it sounds fascinating ... scinating ... nating... ing ... ng ...ng
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Welcome, hibernicus. Glad to have another Irish person among us. Of Troy and I are both of Irish ancestry.
Or have I jumped to a fallacious conclusion in regard to you ?
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Your conclusion is quite correct, and nary a fallacy in sight. I am indeed Irish, and have lived all my life in Dublin. I have been known as "hibernicus" for several years now on the SDMB and the Unaboard (where I met Sparteye), and saw no reason to change when I registered here.
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my mothers family is from dublin, and unusually in that they have a documented history (a 3 volume set) of the family in the city of dublin for 500 years --more actually since the book dates from my childhood.
in the final chapter of Vol.3, there is a note that my mother has immigrated to NY, and that she has 2 children,(i am #2 of 5)..
for most of her life, my mother lived on erigael road (in drimnaugh) but she was born in an army barracks, (my grandfather served under Michael Collins).
i still have aunts and uncles (both sides, my da is from dublin too, --a least for the past 3 or 4 generations) and a number of cousins (who i personal don't keep in touch with, but they do keep in touch with my sister (many of them are more than 8 years younger than me, i never knew them in my childhood, they are contemparies with my youngest sister.
(one of my mothers cousins is a well known peditrician in the children's hospital on crumlin rd.. (sorry, but i remember the names, (and bus routes) but i don't remember the spellings (since the place name were only spoken, i never had much cause to write them!)
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my mothers family is from dublin, and unusually in that they have a documented history (a 3 volume set) of the family in the city of dublin for 500 years
That is unusual indeed: in this country living memory is the limit of most people's knowledge of their ancestry. And in another way - very few people's ancestors lived in Dublin. This country having been overwhelmingly rural until recently, most Dubliners are second- or at most third-generation blow-ins.
Errigal Road in Drimnagh, eh? And grandad was in the IRA? Or more likely the Free State Army.
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