Re: Breton, Cornish & French

"John Briggs" <john.briggs4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:Ikhyj.20044$d62.8299@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Indeed, there are 3 other distinct A. Sax. meanings for the wordl
>> including 'a sign or mark', 'to be troubled or disturbed', and 'to
>> strike, to cleve asunder'.
>> Can anyone tell me the orgin of the river's name, Mersey? Form Mere,
>> lake, or the directly Latinate Meres?
>
> Neither. But you won't believe us if we tell you.  Look, there are 
> dictionaries that will aid you in your perplexity.

So what do they say?

>  Why do you persist with this nonsense?

Nonsense? There is /no/ response to the issue - which is to say John
Briggs 
doesn't know, and what he doesn't know is a 'nonsense'.

This method, Sir, deflates inquiry. If you have something to say, do so!
Do 
not allude to 'dictionaries' which you imagine will, since that may be 
entirely a fantasy of your imagination, and the dictionaries themselves,
may 
be correct or not.

If you had written such dictionaries, eg, how would anyone believe you?

Phil Innes


> John Briggs
>
>