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To: Salamander
That is so freakin’ cool!

[we of the Appalachians are “The People On The Other Side”?...heh heh...I like it]....;D

I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile  :-)

10 posted on 12/07/2008 1:01:59 AM PST by Stoat (Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: Stoat

I’m ordering it!

I love etymology to the point that people think I’m nutty because I’ll keep digging until I find the answers.

A spare room upstairs is full of old books on this sort of stuff.

I *am* curious about how they arrived at London’s origin.

I’ve always read that it came from “Lugdunum” or “Fortress of Lug”, the Celtic deity.

Hmmm....


12 posted on 12/07/2008 1:29:01 AM PST by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult: The soundtrack for the revolution.)
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