Lisa L. Spangenberg | January 25, 2003
Steve, of Language Hat, in reference to Torpenhow, pointed me to an earlier post of his about redundant place names like that of “‘the Paraguay River’ etymologically means ‘the river river river’.” Steve’s comment of course made me think of the La Brea Tar Pits, or, as my spouse likes to call them [...]
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Lisa L. Spangenberg | January 23, 2003
David Chess of the very readable Chess Log writes (at the bottom of a long entry):
Placename o’ the day: “Torpenhow Hill”. “Tor”, “Pen”, and “Howe” all mean “Hill”, so the name means “Hill Hill Hill Hill”. *8)
Tor, pen, and howe aren’t exact synonyms. A tor is a specific geographic feature, a high peaked hill, [...]
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Lisa L. Spangenberg | January 14, 2003
The GRIAN conference at Glucksman Ireland House, New York University, March 7 through 9, 2003, is focusing on “Irish Studies: Forged/Forging Youth”. The 25th Annual University of California
Celtic Studies Conference (also the annual CSANA meeting) will take place April 3-6, 200 at the University of California at Berkeley.
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