Tanas"vale"

[Mike Cleven]

Dave Robertson wrote:
>
> Thank you, Tom!  --  Dave
>
> > > Tom Larsen <bvtl at odin.pdx.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Dave,
> > > >
> > > > My Portland phone book doesn't list anything with the name Tanasvale.  I
> > > > think you may be thinking of the Tanasbourne Mall in Beaverton.  People
> > > > pronounce this ['taenEsborn] (where ae = ae ligature, and E = shwa). I
> > > > don't know what the origin of that name is, but I'd be willing to bet
> > > > that it was originally someone's name and doesn't really have anything
> > > > to do with Chinook.  There are a number of other businesses with the
> > > > name Tanasbourne in that same area. On the other hand, though, I notice
> > > > in the phone book that there is also a Tanasbrook Homeowners
> > > > Association.  Kinda makes ya wonder. But given it's address, it appears
> > > > to be in that same area as the mall, so maybe the homeowners association
> > > > was just named after some brook that runs through the Tanasbourne area,
> > > > or maybe they're on the border between the Tanasbourne area and the
> > > > (something?)book(something?) area.  Who knows?

Since there's a direct connection between the meaning of Tanasbourne and
Tanasbrook I don't think you've much need for wonder; there were all too
many Scots and Geordies using the Jargon in the auld times, laddie/ in
Scots and Northern English a "bourne" or "burn" is their more common
term a "brook", y'see.......

MC