http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/05/30/place-names-and-a-sense-of-history/ Wild romances, foolish chances Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/05/30/place-names-and-a-sense-of-history/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Sam Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:03:20 +0000 http://eithin.com/cirw/?p=18#comment-23 I agree, but it's still a pretty prominent exception, and I think that it still makes my case - even after the speakers receded, we still see linguistic nunatuks like those. I did have a couple of papers lying around that I was looking at before writing this, but annoyingly I seem to have lost them now. I agree, but it’s still a pretty prominent exception, and I think that it still makes my case – even after the speakers receded, we still see linguistic nunatuks like those. I did have a couple of papers lying around that I was looking at before writing this, but annoyingly I seem to have lost them now.

]]> http://eithin.com/cirw/2009/05/30/place-names-and-a-sense-of-history/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Karen Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:14:28 +0000 http://eithin.com/cirw/?p=18#comment-22 Not the main thrust of the essay, I know, but the example you cite for linguistic survival in place names, the British name for the river Avon, is actually the exception rather than the rule. 'Celtic' placenames are pretty rare in England, though obviously far more common in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. The frequency of names with p-Celtic elements increases rather as you move further North and there seem to be a few clusters in the North-East, possibly associated with monastic settlements (recent scholarship is making claims for a few more: http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/10/fox.html), but it's still a fairly small number. Not the main thrust of the essay, I know, but the example you cite for linguistic survival in place names, the British name for the river Avon, is actually the exception rather than the rule. ‘Celtic’ placenames are pretty rare in England, though obviously far more common in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. The frequency of names with p-Celtic elements increases rather as you move further North and there seem to be a few clusters in the North-East, possibly associated with monastic settlements (recent scholarship is making claims for a few more: http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/10/fox.html), but it’s still a fairly small number.

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