From: tgpedersen
Message: 59723
Date: 2008-08-02
>Yes.
> 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?