On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Lahar Appaiah <thew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Surely one of these places can be called The Island of the Day Before? > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Dave Long <dave.l...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > > > I once lived in a town where referring to landmarks by what had been > there > > before was a matter of "ancient" usage and custom. > ... > > Now I live someplace where this game is played by designating regions by > > their names from a few thousand years ago; the scope is grander but the > > tactics remain the same. > I have started calling Melbourne "Marr" somewhat in this spirit. Fortunately (or not) I have yet to encounter any Wurundjeri who know what it was called before it was Marr. Mostly though I do it to encourage discussion about the fact that this place already had a name. -- Charles
