>>>the hierachy of Irish names: Beevee would be the original family name. His son would be Mac Beevee (mac being "son"). The Scots keep the MAC, but the Irish shorten it to Mc and his son would be O'Beevee (grandson or descendant of Beevee).
Don't tell Earnest T., but "Bass" is originally an "Englisher" name. Happy belated St Patrick's Day Ed O'Dwyer http://sodabread.info<<< Thanks, Ed, for that interesting post on Irish accents and names. I'm always interested in that kind of thing. I believe the Swedish or Norwegians add son to the end of their names as in Johnson meaning son of John. We (you others) should all compile a list of our (your) knowledge and have a section on Mayberry.com entitled Odd Facts Known by Few, or Trivial Trivialities. Or maybe even Philosophical Meanderings. Members could post interesting tie-ins to the show just as Ed did with Mr. McBeevee. Any Germans out there that know where Stonemetz came from? Maybe Barney could ask old Hugo Hopfleisch. He may have been on the wrong side, but he was a heck of a good soldier. Kept the back of his boots nice and shiny. Kind behind the eyes _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
