Re: Sin once more

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

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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "indravayu" <sonno3@> wrote:
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> >
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> >
> > That's an idiotic position to take.
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> Care to elaborate?

The standard theory wants us to believe that whoever translated
Isidor's Miles Hispaniae to Mil Espain knew so little Latin that he
didn't recognize the word miles "soldier", tranlating it instead as a
proper name. Now how's that for idiocy?


Torsten