Received: from ATHENA-AS-WELL.MIT.EDU by po6.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA12041; Tue, 8 Feb 94 00:11:38 EST Received: from BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA17808; Tue, 8 Feb 94 00:11:27 EST Received: by bloom-beacon.mit.edu (5.61/25-eef) id AA22785; Tue, 8 Feb 94 00:02:57 EST Received: from news.std.com by bloom-beacon.mit.edu with SMTP (5.61/25-eef) id AA22776; Tue, 8 Feb 94 00:02:52 EST Received: from world.std.com by news.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.1) id AA05790; Tue, 8 Feb 1994 00:02:49 -0500 Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA20665; Tue, 8 Feb 1994 00:02:48 -0500 Return-Path: Path: steffan From: steffan@world.std.com (Steven H Mesnick) Subject: Re: "Carolingia" Message-Id: Followup-To: Gwydden Lawen Summary: "Duncharloch" is not remotely Welsh Sender: Steffan.ap.Cennydd@world.std.com Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA References: <199401212130.NAA11678@math.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 05:02:40 GMT Lines: 7 To: carolingia@world.std.com "Duncharloch" is not Welsh, even remotely. "Fortress [on the] Charles" would be Caer Siarl in Welsh. Duncharloch looks a lot more like [Scots] Gaelic: Dun + Tearlach, which I believe *does* mean "Fortress + Charles". Steffan