Re: naming schemes (was Re: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released)
On Sun, 2002-07-21 at 17:24, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 04:58:45PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Also, "Greece" is _only_ the _name_ given by the Anglos. I'd
> > bet a nickle that those-that-Anglos-call-Greece don't spell or
> > pronounce it the same as Anglos. So, I bet that Greece, NY
> > actually did get there first...
>
> You're only partly right on the first count, and I'd say still wrong on
> the second. :) The word "Greece" existed in various forms in Old English
> and other earlier Germanic languages, so considerably predates your
> Founding Fathers; if you want its modern form, I'm pretty sure
> Shakespeare used the word, and he lived quite a long time before anyone
> even called New York New Amsterdam, let alone New York.
How did the Founding Fathers get pulled into the discussion?
(Of course, we did correct Britain's silly pronunciation of
jaguar.)
> Also, while it's true that the modern Greeks call their country
> something like "Hellas" (?), my dictionary tells me that Aristotle
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=greece
synonym is Ellas. (I bet that's where they-we-call-Greek
get Hellas.)
http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=Ellas
Ellas
n : a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of
the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
[syn: Greece, Ellas]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
> mentioned "Graikoi" as the prehistoric name for the people of that
> region.
Probably one of the many peoples of the region.
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