LL-L: "Names" LOWLANDS-L, 26.JAN.2000 (11) [E]

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From: gavilan [gavilan at nbnet.nb.ca]
Subject: LL-L: "Phonology" LOWLANDS-L, 26.JAN.2000 (05) [E]

>>From my point of view "for" seems to be the much more common form in
>American TV and films, though it's possible that it stands out more because

Although I live in Canada, I'm a native Californian.  And as such I would
say, "The baby was named 'Elizabeth' after her grandmother."  I've also
consulted two English professor colleagues (retired as I am) who are
native-speakers of Canadian English and they agree with me.  For us 'for
her grandma' would be understood, but the 'for' can have additional
meanings.

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        gavilan at nbnet.nb.ca
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From: Sandy Fleming [sandy at fleimin.demon.co.uk]
Subject: LL-L: "Names"

> From: G Halliday [G.Halliday at xtra.co.nz]
> Subject: LL-L: "Names" LOWLANDS-L, 26.JAN.2000 (02) [E]
>
> Dunedin < Gael. Du\n E\ideann < Brit. Din Eidyn. There is also a
> Duneaton in
> Lanark and a fort called Dunedin in Lauderdale. The name? word ?
> Eidin also
> occurs in similar formations such as Minit Eidin the old name for
> the Braid
> Hills (Minit is presumably the cognate of Welsh mynydd "moorland" and lies
> behind Gaelic monadh "moor")

The word "dun" was a very widespread term in Celtic languages - it's to be
found in the Highlands of Scotland, in the Scottish Lowlands, even in what
were Brythonic areas such as Lauderdale (note also the town of Duns in
Berwickshire), throughout Wales and Ireland, and also in England (e.g.
Wimbledon, and the English topographical term "the downs") and across the
water (e.g. Dunkerque & Thun).

Sandy
http://scotstext.org
http://www.fleimin.demon.co.uk

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