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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread name origins #4839 04/10/02 08:23 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,583 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,583 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA a large number of English place names are Saxon in origin... On an analogous note - is there any truth to the statement that "Torpenhow Hill" represents four generations of conquest, linguistic assimilation, and inadvertent redundancy bred of ignorance, and would really be "HillHillHill Hill" if translated back into the respective languages of the successive conquerors? i.e., TOR = hill in indigenous language PEN = hill in language of first conqueror, who called it Tor Pen, thinking it was "Tor Hill" HOW = hill by next wave, giving "Torpen How" in his language HILL by most recent, etc., giving the present Torpenhow Hill Or is this all just another appealing Urban Legend? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted City name origins Jazzoctopus 08/01/00 08:49 PM Re: City name origins Jackie 08/01/00 09:58 PM Re: City name origins TEd Remington 08/02/00 04:27 PM Re: Matt Dillon Faldage 04/10/02 02:29 PM Re: Matt Dillon dxb 04/10/02 02:49 PM Re: Matt Dillon Faldage 04/10/02 05:00 PM Re: Matt Dillon Sparteye 04/10/02 05:15 PM Re: Matt Dillon Kupatchka 04/14/02 11:34 PM Re: City name origins Rubrick 08/02/00 08:07 AM Re: City name origins william 08/02/00 09:46 AM Re: City name origins tsuwm 08/02/00 02:31 PM Re: City name origins Bridget 08/13/00 10:37 AM Re: City name origins Jackie 08/13/00 11:39 AM Re: City name origins tsuwm 08/13/00 04:52 PM Re: City name origins Jackie 08/14/00 05:13 AM Re: City name origins Jazzoctopus 08/14/00 08:59 PM Re: City name origins dxb 04/10/02 01:50 PM Hitchhikers Guide To New Zealand Jackie 04/10/02 03:59 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/11/02 01:29 AM Re: Hitchhikers Guide To New Zealand maverick 04/12/02 05:53 PM Re: Hitchhikers Guide To New Zealand Keiva 04/12/02 06:14 PM Re: Hitchhikers Guide To New Zealand Capital Kiwi 04/15/02 09:31 PM Re: Hitchhikers Guide To New Zealand milum 04/18/02 01:33 AM . Max Quordlepleen 04/18/02 01:50 AM Re: Hitchhikers Guide To New Zealand Jackie 04/18/02 02:09 AM Errata,AL TEd Remington 04/20/02 02:26 PM Re: Hitchhikers Guide To New Zealand Capital Kiwi 04/20/02 04:33 PM Re: City name origins dxb 04/10/02 04:25 PM name origins wofahulicodoc 04/10/02 08:23 PM Torpenhow Hill Fiberbabe 04/10/02 08:47 PM Re: Torpenhow Hill wofahulicodoc 04/10/02 08:49 PM Tor Fiberbabe 04/10/02 08:55 PM TorPenHow again wofahulicodoc 04/10/02 10:04 PM Re: name origins Bean 04/11/02 11:12 AM Re: City name origins Jazzoctopus 08/02/00 03:34 PM Re: City name origins TEd Remington 08/02/00 04:16 PM Re: City name origins Jazzoctopus 08/02/00 04:48 PM Re: City name origins Sparteye 04/10/02 02:24 PM Re: City name origins Phyllisstein 04/10/02 03:47 PM Re: City name origins dxb 04/10/02 04:41 PM French vs. English Phyllisstein 04/10/02 04:51 PM Re: City name origins Jazzoctopus 04/11/02 05:52 PM My sorry French Fiberbabe 04/11/02 07:47 PM "l'enfant de Castille of troy 04/11/02 09:39 PM Re: "l'enfant de Castille Bingley 04/12/02 09:48 AM Re: "l'enfant de Castille milum 04/12/02 04:51 PM Novi Sparteye 04/23/02 02:04 PM Re: City name origins Hyla 04/23/02 07:35 PM Re: City name origins Faldage 04/23/02 07:41 PM Re: Beloit Keiva 04/23/02 11:28 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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