[OM] Re: Greek pickiness [was: some more OT stuff]

[Scott Peden]

I forgot to mention that all of those Gaelic words mean Mountain or hill 
etc.

To make matters worse, Ben Lomond California, is in a valley, under Ben 
Lomond Mountain........

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Mitchell" <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Greek pickiness [was: some more OT stuff]


> Scott Peden wrote:
>> Try 'Ben' or 'Dune" or 'Craic' with the word mount, as in mountain in 
>> part
>> of the name. I happen to live under Mt Ben Lomond. Duhhh... Yanks naming
>> stuff Gaelic names should at least understand what the words mean.
>
>  For many more of those: (though not the one you mentioned)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names
>
>  (my favourite: "the la brea tar pits")
>
>  -- dan
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