----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Lehmus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: From 'Espoo'


On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, phanero wrote:

Espoo has got to be the coolest place name ever!

Why? It's a Finnish form of the original name in Swedish, 'Esbo,' dating from perhaps the middle ages, and meaning more or less a 'place of habitation' I think.

Jukka

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SMALL world -- there must be some sort of primal onomatopoeia going on for phanero. And who could doubt that -- that seems to be where you people (yoooouuuu) people live XXX Just the other side of the meaning -- before, beyond or alternatively. menu menu

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