St. Louis?

[Michael Mccafferty]

Actually, I was in a discussion (somehow) about this place name (not on
the Siouan list) a few months back. Ives Goddard was also (somehow) in on
that. He said the term was valid, "pain court," was valid for French.

Michael



On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Rankin, Robert L wrote:

> > I can't remember at the moment why it was named after 'Pain Court', or
> what 'Pain Court' really meant. I think somewhere there's an article
> that explains this. Bob, does this ring a bell?
>
> 'Fraid not, unless it's a reference to SHORT-BREAD.  But I would expect
> that expression to have originated in English.  (Do the French call
> baking fats by the name "shortening"?).  One of the OED guys on the list
> could attack that angle.
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> Bob
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