I’ve called your attention before to the hilarious Twitter feed Donaeld The Unready, the chronicles of a king from the era of “The Last Kingdom” and “Vikings” who goes about blustering and promising to “Make Mercia Great Again!”
Sample recent Tweet:
Scribes should concentrate on Great Living Kings, not loser dead ones. And scribe the truth, wimpy Chroniclers and Bad Monk Bede! https://t.co/JiDiTrqdWg
— Donaeld The Unready (@donaeldunready) December 9, 2018
As you probably know, my first name is Donald. My first name comes in handy because I can always tell when I’m being addressed by people who don’t know me or anything about me — they call me “Donald.”
But I was really confused this morning. My wife and I are planning a trip to Ireland in a few months. We signed up for a package deal that my brother-in-law and his wife are also planning to go on, out of Memphis.
Today, I got an email from one of the organizers telling us that… well, I’m still trying to sort out what it’s telling us. Something about our flight to Heathrow and from there to Dublin, I think.
Anyway, it addressed me as “Dooanld.”
Is that an ancient Irish version of “Donald?” No, that would be “Domhnall.” (The name is of Gaelic origin, by the way. It means “world ruler,” which tells you I have yet to come into my birthright, and I’m kind of getting impatient about that. I mean, don’t names mean anything anymore?)
Also, how is one to pronounce “Dooanld?”
Whatever. I’m looking forward to the trip. Call me Dooanld the Ready…
Actual photograph of Dooanld the Ready. OK, so technically it’s an actor portraying my ancestor Ragnar Lothbrok. Best I could do…
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