LL-L "Etymology" 2010.10.17 (02) [EN]

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From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>

Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2010.10.16 (02) [EN]



Dat is heel intressant, leve Marcus, danke för dat Link!



Marlou



From: Marcus Buck <list at marcusbuck.org>

Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2010.10.16 (01) [EN-NL]

Some time ago I created a small tool that shows the geographic distribution
of places whose names contain certain substrings (suffixes, affixes etc.).
The link for "-um" is
<http://plattmakers.de/index.php?show=placer&q=%24um><http://plattmakers.de/index.php?show=placer&q=%24um>.
Please be aware that the tool uses Google Maps and Javascript. For very
common suffixes like "-um" it may take some time until your computer has
computed the input and displays the map.



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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>

Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2010.10.16 (03) [EN]



Most English "ham" names are pronounced "um", or rather "  'm " with a
neutral vowel. The American pronunciation of Birming*ham* in Alabama sounds
a little odd to English ears; the place in England is normally said
something like "Be'ming'm". (Though the locals commonly say "Brummagen", or
just "Brum").



Paul

Derby

England



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