Graydon wrote: >On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 03:11:05PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: >[snip] >> ...This sort of thing is found a lot where one language group has >> replaced another. The conqueror points to some natural feature and asks >> 'What is that called'. The vanquished native replies 'it is the Don' meaning >> 'it's the river, you idiot'*. The mighty conqueror says 'we shall call it >> the River Don'. And so it flows quietly on. >> >> *This is the meaning of the Ojibwe word Mississippi. > >My favourite of these is Torpenhow Hill. (Tor, Pen, and How all meaning >hill in a succession of languages.)
Sort of like Glendale - "glen" and "dale" both words meaning "valley". Or people referring to "lake" Windermere in the Lake District. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
