Re: The Need for Debate

Joe:
> >"Eboracum", yes, and before that from some Celtic name.  But the Old
English
> >name was "Eoforwic", a case of folk etymology -- the meaningless Latin
name
> >was reinterpreted as "Wild-boar-town".  If the name had descended
unchanged,
> >it would have come out Everwich.
> >
>
> Eaverwich, capital of Eaverishire.  Pronounced [i:v@rItS], obviously.
By your generation, yes. [i:v(@)rIdZ] by those of years less tender
than yours...

--And.