hahaha thats o ne clever weasel :P Nimrod XD

Screwing with a fish's gills is painful for all.

Phelan isn't a wolf, it's a city. The school there is commonly referred to as "Phelan High." (feelin' high)

Nice move.

Actually I did a bit of research on this name because I had used Faolan as a name for one of the characters in my stories and then named my Sheltie.
According to a book called; 'Gaelic names for Celtic Dogs' Faolan (pronounced 'Faylan') means wolf. But in the same book Faol (pronounced 'Fwaol') also means wolf. Then from research online I discovered that Faolan is supposed to mean 'Little Wolf' while Phelan means 'Like a Wolf'.
When I named my puppy Faolan I chose to use the Americanized pronunciation of; 'Fay-O-Lan'
As to which is the proper usage and pronunciations of any of these I suppose might have more to do with what part of the Gaelic-speaking lands one comes from same as many areas of America speak the same language in their own dialects.

In my mind, I pronounce Felan's name like you did: "Fay-lan," accent on the first syllable.

Thanks for the interesting info; I'll bet your Sheltie was (hopefully still is?) a real cutie!

The trouble with Gaelic is it's one of those languages where things tend not to be pronounced the way they're spelled. That's why I say that I pronounce Faolan in an Americanized way because I pronounce the 'O' which is silent in the true Gaelic version. At least according to the phonetic examples given in my one book.

As for my Faolan, he's a little tri-color just ten months old this week.

yelpyelpyelpyelpyelp - *no reaction*
blub - FELAN!

typical mothr ;p everything's ok as long the kid screams

I love how the fish laughed. xD