Re: Sin once more

At 8:14:27 PM on Thursday, July 31, 2008, tgpedersen wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "indravayu" <sonno3@...>
> wrote:

[...]

>>>>>> One of the nodal characters in this legend is Míl of
>>>>>> Spain, a transparent literary invention (= Miles
>>>>>> Hispaniae, `Soldier of Spain').

>>>>> Let's call that that 'an attempt at an etymology'
>>>>> instead.

>>>> Still, it is a literary invention and not genuine
>>>> history.

>>> No, an attempt is an attempt and not the final truth.
>>> Anything based on that is attempt too.

>> What the f**k are you even arguing?

> Am I being unclear?

Yes, though I believe that I've finally figured out what
you're trying to say. You're claiming that the standard
interpretation of <Míl> as a mangled version of <Miles
(Hispaniae)> is an attempt to etymologize the Irish name,
possibly incorrect, and that any conclusions resting on the
interpretation are therefore also tentative. Correct?

Brian