LL-L "Names" 2004.07.18 (01) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Names

Dear Lowlanders,

Last week we talked about Mühlheim (Mölm) on the Ruhr river, a city in
Germany near the Netherlands border at Limburg.

My penny was once again slow to drop.  I admit this to demonstrate how
orthographic differences can throw a person off, how such differences can
obscure relationships that otherwise might be obvious.

I take it that the name of the river called _Ruhr_ in German is spelled
_Roer_ in Limburgish and Dutch (German _uh_ and Dutch _oe_ denoting the same
sound [u:], as in "tour").  If so, I further assume that the name of the
Limburgish city of Roermond means "Roer Mouth" (_Ruhrmündung_ in German),
with "mouth" as in Plymouth, Yarmouth, etc.  Is this correct?

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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