Re: The Need for Debate

John Cowan wrote:

>Steg Belsky scripsit:
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>>York comes from Norse "Jorvik"?  I thought it came from Latin
>>"Eboricum" or something like that...
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>"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.
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Eaverwich, capital of Eaverishire.  Pronounced [i:v@rItS], obviously.

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