Comments on: Word of the day - Lloegr http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/ language-related musings - one language is never enough / ét sprog er aldrig nok Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:13:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Ifan Morgan Jones http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-61807 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:36:35 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-61807 I was given the 'lost lands' explanation as a kid too. Always made me imagine England as some kind of flat, empty mire. I was almost right - it's flat, but covered in concrete. :P I was given the ‘lost lands’ explanation as a kid too. Always made me imagine England as some kind of flat, empty mire. I was almost right - it’s flat, but covered in concrete. :P

]]> by: Ultimate Language http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-60855 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:52:59 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-60855 I recently read an article on the resurgence of the Cornish language and the desire of some in Cornwall to emulate the educational emphasis on Welsh given in Wales. Wales also mandates government position holders to have Welsh speaking ability. With only 300 speakers, it looks like Cornish has a long way to go in emulating the Welsh! I recently read an article on the resurgence of the Cornish language and the desire of some in Cornwall to emulate the educational emphasis on Welsh given in Wales. Wales also mandates government position holders to have Welsh speaking ability. With only 300 speakers, it looks like Cornish has a long way to go in emulating the Welsh!

]]> by: Stuart http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-60843 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:31:30 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-60843 Liguria...? Not heard of that one before, and it does seem a bit strange to me. I can't see why England would be named after a coastal province of north-west Italy... And I was a little sceptical of the Leicester suggestion too. Had the Leicester town or area been of some major importance (economically, culturally, politically) in the past then I might have understood why the name would be applied to the whole territory, but as it has always only been a provincial town with little importance outside its immediate environs (no disrepect to the place or anyone from it!) then I just don't buy it. The "lost lands" theory is the one I come across more often. Liguria…? Not heard of that one before, and it does seem a bit strange to me. I can’t see why England would be named after a coastal province of north-west Italy…

And I was a little sceptical of the Leicester suggestion too. Had the Leicester town or area been of some major importance (economically, culturally, politically) in the past then I might have understood why the name would be applied to the whole territory, but as it has always only been a provincial town with little importance outside its immediate environs (no disrepect to the place or anyone from it!) then I just don’t buy it.

The “lost lands” theory is the one I come across more often.

]]> by: Sion, Aberystwyth http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-60842 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:19:30 +0000 http://www.omniglot.com/blog/2007/11/05/lloegr/#comment-60842 Accroding to Kenneth Jackson owriting in the Bulletin of Celtic Studies (not sure or correct translation of Bwletin y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd) xxiii (1968-70)Lloegr couldn't be related to Leicester etymologically because of the various linguistic changes affecting Welsh and A-S during the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages would have lead to different linguistic changes. So that's number 2 out of the way, only 2 left! I read somewher that there could be a link with the province of Liguria in Italy but it looks a bit weak to me. Accroding to Kenneth Jackson owriting in the Bulletin of Celtic Studies (not sure or correct translation of Bwletin y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd) xxiii (1968-70)Lloegr couldn’t be related to Leicester etymologically because of the various linguistic changes affecting Welsh and A-S during the Dark Ages and early Middle Ages would have lead to different linguistic changes.

So that’s number 2 out of the way, only 2 left! I read somewher that there could be a link with the province of Liguria in Italy but it looks a bit weak to me.

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