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   Iain MacGiolla-odhar to Chess One   
   Re: Original name of St Michael's Mt?   
   13 Aug 07 10:41:50   
   
   From: ian@mcclure.net   
      
   Chess One wrote:   
   > I posted this is a Cornish newsgroup which seems to have become the   
   > playground for aggressive Muslim fundamentalists versus Bible thumpers, so   
   > thought I might have better luck here:-   
   >   
   > Anyone know the p-Celtic or Cornish name for St. Michael's Mount? Even the   
   > A. Sax name would do. Did the larger twin island Mont St Michel have an   
   > earlier Breton name?   
   >   
   > Thanks, Phil   
   >   
   >   
      
   Carrek Los yn Cos or Carrack Looz en Cooz meaning "the grey rock in the   
   wood" since it was supposedly flooded by the sea where once it was a   
   rocky hill surrounded by forest.   
      
   In Kernewek:   
      
   carrek = rock   
   loes/los = grey   
   yn = in   
   cooz = wood   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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