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Hello old friends,
Is there a -nym word to describe a name change? Let me try to explain. I grew up in Pearl River, NY. The name of our hamlet before the Erie Lackawanna RR came through was, Muddy Creek. This was not what they wanted their conductors to sing as they pulled out of Hoboken station, so they made up a tale. It said that a valuable fresh water pearl was found in the creek, and so the name was changed. Most never believed it, but the new name was made official. Is there a word for this kind of name revision?
Respects,
OB
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Thanks Fr. and thanks tsuwm.
Neomyn sounds nice, but neoteknonym has a certain gracelessness about it, but seems the most accurate to me.
I may just skip defining it and tell the story.
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It could also be a exonym, he added, after everyone had left the party.
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It could also be an exonym, he added, after everyone had left the party.
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It could also be an exonym, he added, after everyone had left the party.
This could be an echonym, he said twice.
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What's wrong with Muddy Creek? For a while at least Muddy Estuary had the tallest building in the world, and quite a few Hollywood films seem to have scenes shot there.
Muddy Estuary is what Kuala Lumpur means
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>>What's wrong with Muddy Creak<<
Imagine the real estate boom when word of those fresh water pearls got out.
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.... to say nothing of Muddy waters, the Jazz player.
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