Re: CHAT: silly names

Raymond Brown scripsit:

> Even wierder IMO is the renaming of the Western Isles as the "Hebrides"
> which is derived from a misreading of ancient _Hebudes_ or, in most
> authorities, _Ebudae_, especially the location of the ancient _Ebudae_ is
> uncertain (they may be islands of Ireland).  But tourists like it  ;)
"And we in dreams behold the Ebudae"?  Yuk.  Well, at least it scans.

> But to get back to length of Welsh names.  They are no longer than many
> good ol' English place names like, e.g. Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
> Chapel-en-le-Frith, Piddletrenthide, Chorton-cum-Hardy,
> Bourton-on-the-Water, Mapleborough Green etc etc etc.
To say nothing of St-Johns-ad-portam-Latinam and Monks-unmentionable-cum-Mumble!

(These are both fictional places, but definitely in style.)

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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