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Old 29-03-2003, 08:44 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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Default Constructing epithets

Monte Baldo does not really sound as if it has its roots in Latin?

Iris Cohen schreef
Not enough roots of any kind, I think.
Iris,


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Mountains are sometimes regarded as having roots, but to dwell on that would
mean going into a field between geology on the one hand and literature on
the other. I think the tension between botany on the one hand and Latin on
the other is quite enough, without adding further complications?
PvR