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David Newgreen ([personal profile] 4thofeleven) wrote2008-10-07 07:51 pm

Sudden Burst of Insight

The Nullarbor Plain isn't an Aboriginal name - it's Latin. Nul Arbor - no trees.

How did I never realise this before?

sunnyskywalker: Young Beru Lars from Attack of the Clones; text "Sunnyskywalker" (Gandalf and book)

[personal profile] sunnyskywalker 2008-10-07 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It took me quite a while to realize that Sacramento is Spanish, and that San Francisco is St. Francis. Weird how growing up with names makes that block from thinking about what they mean.