LL-L: "Place names" LOWLANDS-L, 16.APR.2001 (02) [E]

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From: Stefan Israel
Subject: Place names

Roger Thijs schreef:

> I have a web page "under construction" at url:
> http://www.euro-support.be/langbel/limdorp.htm

> This gives me problems though: I prefere not to have them
> listed alphabetically, but grouped around the new
municipality,
> they merged into. The result is e mess, but semantically more
> correct I think.

It would mean more work, but you might later put an alphabetical
appendix at the bottom/on another page, and have each name in
the alphabetical list hyperlinked to the name on the main page.

> For the old occurences I have a problem. Most references give
> an etymological explication of the names, but they often
> contradict eachother. On a page of this kind I have to limit
the
> space, so I cannot start including the full "etymological
> variety" found in publications.
> Though I think etymology is interesting. Any advice?

Perhaps you could hyperlink such names to another page devoted
to etymology; you could add that later.  That would keep your
main page from getting too cluttered.
If you are running out of room on your webserver, you might add
a very brief etymology, e.g.  Breda (< de brede a "the broad
river").  If there are conflicting etymologies, you might put
both, or pick one and add a question mark.

Hope that is of some help.

Stefan Israel

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