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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2013 at 15:58
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

No No No. my name happens to be Ian and even though my mother was Scottish being Scottish or of Gaelic descent had nothing to do with naming me. The Censored always call me Yan when I lived in Quebec. I now live in a free country called Canada.
Confused How you got the name has nothing to do with where it originally came from.
 
Ian is the gaelic form of John derived from the same hebrew name (Yehohanan) and has the same hebrew meaning: "god is gracious" or "god's gracious gift" or "graced by god" depending on the translation/transliteration you happen to read. The "Y" to "I" change came through the translation from hebrew to greek and the interchange of "J" and "I" from greek into latin ... there was no "J" in the gaelic alphabet so Jon/Jan became Ion/Ian.
 
 
If Ian has such a biblical meaning that was completely unrelated to "John" then there would be mention of the name in scripture or ancient text, yet there are none. Also there are 425 St. Johns but only one St. Ian... and he was 11th century Scottish.
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No No No. my name happens to be Ian and even though my mother was Scottish being Scottish or of Gaelic descent had nothing to do with naming me. The Censored always call me Yan when I lived in Quebec. I now live in a free country called Canada.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2013 at 15:28
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

You're all wrong. Ian means God is gracious. It has nothing to do with the gaelic language contrary  to what you may find on the internet.

Ian is gaelic for John.
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You're all wrong. Ian means God is gracious. It has nothing to do with the gaelic language contrary  to what you may find on the internet.
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Points: 10837 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2013 at 17:05
In doubt, just call him "Hey, you!".
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I once met an Italian woman who claimed she had learned English from listening to early Genesis. Her English was excellent, btw. Peter Gabriel & co are obviously good teachers.
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Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Now that we have solved 'Ian', how do we pronounce 'Gillan'? With a hard g or like 'ji'?  Wacko



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Points: 5482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2013 at 12:31
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

 
 
I suspect he will lose this, but I agree with him even though there is little reason for pronouncing it that way - [off the top of my head at ten to eight in the morning] the only words I can think of that starts "gi" that are pronounce "ji" are Gill, Gillian and Gist
 
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Points: 10837 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2013 at 12:12
French language can be worse. The sound "o" can be written in many forms: "seau" and its plural form "seaux" ("bucket" / "buckets"), "sots" ("fool"), "saut" ("jump"), "sceau" ("sceal")... are pronounced the same way.
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Points: 19945 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2013 at 12:09
And this guy really confuses things.
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Points: 19945 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2013 at 12:07
Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Is it possible that Gillian is pronounced differently than Gillan?


Yes, because they're different words. Gillian has a soft "G" as in "Jill" and Gillan (as in Ian) has a hard "G".

Ah, the wonders of the English language - see "ghoti" for further details.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2013 at 10:44
Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Is it possible that Gillian is pronounced differently than Gillan?
Completely differently.
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Points: 2689 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2013 at 10:43
In China I once heard the name "Simon" pronounced "see-mun", with hilarious results
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