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Curly Sue
 
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Default thanks Cuchulain Libby

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 06:34:42 -0500, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>Curly Sue wrote:
>> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 16:53:15 -0700, kalanamak >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Curly Sue wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cuchulain was his first name (perhaps Libby was his last name?)..
>>>> Irish, apparently rare, from mythology. "Cuchulain the Hound of
>>>> Ulster"
>>>>
>>> And how might it be pronounced?

>>
>> From:
>> http://www.isle-of-skye.org.uk/celti...ia/celt_c6.htm
>> koo chul-inn or koo hoo lin
>>
>> At least that pronounciation comes close to the spelling. Other
>> Gaelic names: Siobhan or Eithne (Enya) are too far away to make a
>> reasonable guess.
>>
>> Sue(tm)
>> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

>
>rfc's erstwhile occasionaly poster, Siobhan Perricone, explained to me once
>(and I may get this wrong), Siobhan is pronounced as "Cha vhan".
>
>Jill
>

Yes, that's who I had in mind. The other one is the singer Eithne who
changed the spelling of her name so people would pronounce it
correctly (Enya).

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!