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... whole matter , they frequently heard the strange names , not as mere sounds , but as equivalents of Eng- lish syllables or whole words . Thus arose the second way of taking over names , known as folk - etymology . Its varieties and ...
... whole matter , they frequently heard the strange names , not as mere sounds , but as equivalents of Eng- lish syllables or whole words . Thus arose the second way of taking over names , known as folk - etymology . Its varieties and ...
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... whole matter that he referred to Rainier as a general . The measure passed the Senate with little discussion , went to the House , and was referred to the Committee on Public Lands . The Committee appointed a public hearing for January ...
... whole matter that he referred to Rainier as a general . The measure passed the Senate with little discussion , went to the House , and was referred to the Committee on Public Lands . The Committee appointed a public hearing for January ...
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... whole document . But he also made the best summing - up of the controversy when he stated : " This whole situation is full of rabbit trails . " It was - and many of the trails were littered with small pellets ! Congress failed to take ...
... whole document . But he also made the best summing - up of the controversy when he stated : " This whole situation is full of rabbit trails . " It was - and many of the trails were littered with small pellets ! Congress failed to take ...
Contents
Contents Authors foreword | ix |
Publishers note | xiii |
George R Stewart and the American land Introduction by Wallace Stegner | xv |
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Alaska Algonquian American Name Society Arkansas arose became began Board California California Trail called Cape Captain century chief coast colonies Colorado commemorated common Congress Connecticut Creek Donner Party Dutch early England English established explorers Father folk-etymology Frémont French frontier gave Geographic Names George H. H. Bancroft Hawaiian heroes Hill honor Indian names island King known Lake land language later letter lived Massachusetts meaning Menehune merely Mount Mount Tacoma mountains native never North Carolina officers Ohio old name Oregon original passed Peak Pennsylvania perhaps Pickett's Charge place-names popular post-office probably recorded region river Russian Saint San Francisco seems settlement settlers sometimes sound South Spaniards Spanish spelling Stewart story strange stream streets suggested Tacoma Territory Texas thought tion took town tradition translated tribe United village Virginia voyage Wallace Stegner Washington western whole word wrote York