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[Leo A. Connolly]

Leo A. Connolly wrote:

>> <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?

colkitto at sprint.ca wrote:

> The capital was known as "i polis" the city for an extended period.

> The study of toponyms is littered with such cases, cf. Scottish Gaelic
> Gallaibh, Cataibh.

(and much more good stuff)

To which I say: The vowels are still all wrong, which renders the rest
of it moot.

Leo Connolly