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[Rick Mc Callister]

	That's too bad, I was thinking about a future in which the Big
Apple would be known to its Spanish-speaking inhabitants as <<Turasiri>>

><eis te:n polin> should already have been something like [is ti(m)
>bolin], as in current Greek.  The vowels would be all wrong.  And why on
>earth would the Greeks have given something meaning 'to the city' as the
>name of their capital?  Ed is right: that etymology is a fable, but it's
>so bad I'd be reluctant to blame it on a linguist.  It's in a class with
>_tip_ 'gratuity' < T(o) I(nsure) P(rompt) S(ervice), or **** < F(or)
>U(nlawful) C(arnal) K(nowledge).  It's amazing how many people accept
>such things, but linguists shouldn't.

>Leo Connolly

Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701