Re: [CH] off topic -- L.M. Boyd V8 #771

Cameron Begg (begg@ceof.ohio-state.edu)
Fri, 06 Aug 2004 09:20:24 -0400

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Hi C-H's,
Brad wrote:

>Don't know if anyone else gets L.M. Boyd in their newspapers, but this item
>ran on Monday: "According to the word tracers, the name 'Campbell' has a
>literal meaning in Gaelic: 'crooked mouth.'"
>I'm assuming that "crooked mouth" means smile!

Translation correct but assumption wrong.
"cam" - bent or crooked; beul ("bell") = mouth.

Probably more to do with the actual shape of some early Campbell's gob than the fact that he was grinning. Oh - just don't go near my name OK?

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