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#113586 - 10/13/03 10:14 PM Parnassus
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	How, pray tell, did Mount Parnassus end up being called Liakoura? And is there a word to describe what happens when a proper placename changes? I'm thinking that I grew up knowing about Mount McKinley which is now frequently called "Denali." What is the name for the process by which a placename loses its place to another? Or have I got that backwards?
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#113587 - 10/13/03 10:23 PM Re: Parnassus
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	For a trip down recollection road, try this thread: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=11213 _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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#113588 - 10/13/03 11:02 PM Re: Parnassus
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	Hey! I'm actually IN that thread. I must be losing synapses at a greater rate than previously expected.
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#113589 - 10/13/03 11:42 PM Re: Parnassus
WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/13/01 Posts: 4189 Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N...	Or renamed, and then renamed back to the original again? Cape Canaveral > Cape Kennedy > Cape Canaveral
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#113590 - 10/14/03 12:19 AM Re: Parnassus
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	>Or renamed, and then renamed back to the original again? Well, that is exactly tyhe situation Fr. Steve is talking about. Denali was renamed McKinley, then renamed back again. _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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#113591 - 10/14/03 12:42 AM Re: Parnassus
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	Or St. Petersburg > Leningrad > St. Petersburg Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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#113592 - 10/14/03 09:26 AM Re: Parnassus
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	This is almost more in keeping with the other thread, but. Check the spelling on this, which seems to have been translated from Greek: "Mount Parnassos Map and Guide". Here is something else which I believe has been translated, and that may shed a bit of light on your question, Father Steve: It is worthy to follow the charming route through the full of fir trees Parnassos to Arachova (24km.) or its peak (Liakoura) to see the sun rising... http://www.fokida.gr/en/dim_parnassou.html
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#113593 - 10/14/03 02:37 PM The Village of Parnassos
Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/06/00 Posts: 2788 Loc: Seattle, Washington, USA	"Amongst region's sightseeing: the several country chapels, the picturesque springs (in particular "Manna"), "Elatos" "Finnish" village which is made of wood, the National Park of Parnassos, the sacred cave of Panas and the Nymphes "Korikeion Andron", Eptastomos (bottomless cesspool) and, finally, the Parnassos Ski Centre." The bottomless cesspool? A tourist attraction!?
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#113594 - 10/14/03 03:05 PM Re: The Village of Parnassos
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass	>The bottomless cesspool? there seems to be some foetid fascination with this sort of thing; to wit, my home town had the Will Rogers Memorial Sewage Lagoon...
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#113595 - 10/14/03 03:35 PM Re: The Village of Parnassos
sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/20/03 Posts: 3230 Loc: Te Ika a Maui	Dave Barry also has a sewage plant named after him: http://snurl.com/2o6n _________________________ noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html
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