SR - Describing Our Region

[Gary Koehler]

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From: Martin, Brian <bmartin at origin.ea.com>
To: 'southern at Ansteorra.ORG' <southern at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 5:47 PM
Subject: RE: SR - Describing Our Region


Just out of curiosity.... what would  lion heart or heart of the lion
tranlate... their have been so many names I don't know if that one have been
touched upon...just my 2 sents and 1/2 worth.


Lady Annor Von Ko:hler
Shire of Tempio

>Something to think about; a lot of place names are bastardized names
>from other languages. Sierra Leon, for example, is supposedly Portugeuse
>for "Lion Ridge". Well, the proper Portugeuse for Lion Ridge would be
>Sierra dos Leon. Apparently the article was dropped for a a more
>workable name.
>
>Pendaran
>
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>
>Here's a few more I thought to run.
>
>South Country
>French = du sud pays
>German = Su:dland (again)
>Italian = del sud paesa
>Spanish = del sur pais
>
>Hill Country
>French = pays de colline
>German = Hu:gelland
>Italian = paesa della collina
>Spanish = Pais de la colina
>
>Dry lands
>French = se`ches terres
>German = trockene La:nder
>Italian = asciutte terre
>Spanish = secas pistas
>
>Arid lands
>French = arides terres
>German = trockene La:nder (again)
>Italian = aride terre
>Spanish = a'ridas pistas
>
>Not fully applicable, but for the hell of it how about desert:
>French = de'sert
>German = O:dland
>Italian = deserto
>Spanish = desierto
>
>OK, OK, I'll quit for now. Oddly, I like quite a few of the German ones.
>(Campoleone is still my fav, though.)
>
> Honos Servio,
> Lionardo Acquistapace, Bjornsborg
> (mka Lenny Zimmermann, San Antonio)
> zarlor at acm.org
>
>"A soldier uses arms merely with skill, whereas a knight uses them with
>virtuous intention."   - Pomponio Torelli, 1596.
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