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

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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