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Re: CHAT Stambul (was: A new version of Genesis)

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Monday, June 14, 2004, 21:10
Steg Belsky wrote:

> > "In the City" seems a rather odd origin for the name of a city. The > > Konstaninopoulos theory seems better to me for that reason.
I too have seen the _eis ten polis [istinpolis]_ explanation favored over "corruption" of Constantinopolis, but have my doubts. For one thing, why should [i] change to [a]? When I visited San Francisco a long time ago-- stayed with relatives in one of the suburbs-- they and neighbors consistently referred to "The City". Similarly in NYC, tho "The City" means Manhattan, nowhere else. In my admittedly sketchy contacts, I don't recall any others referring to their metropolis as "The City". Bostonians?? Chicagoans?? Philadelphians?? Atlantans?? Angelenos?? Houstonians?? Minneapolitans?? I don't think so.
> > I dunno, seems reasonable to me... I can see it happening in some > hypothetical Future English to the parts of Long Island (in NY) which > aren't part of New York City. One day that area might end up being > called some derivative of 'Outontheisland', /&4@'Dal@n/ for instance. >
Oh, what need of that is there?? :-)) They're already the["br\IdZn='t_hVnl=krawd]

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