Re: CHAT Stambul (was: A new version of Genesis)

Garth Wallace wrote:

> Roger Mills wrote:
>
>> Steg Belsky wrote:
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>>>> "In the City" seems a rather odd origin for the name of a city.  The
>>>> Konstaninopoulos theory seems better to me for that reason.
>>
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>> I too have seen the _eis ten polis [istinpolis]_ explanation favored over
>> "corruption" of Constantinopolis, but have my doubts.  For one thing, why
>> should [i] change to [a]?
>>
>> When I visited San Francisco a long time ago-- stayed with relatives
>> in one
>> of the suburbs-- they and neighbors consistently referred to "The City".
>> Similarly in NYC, tho "The City" means Manhattan, nowhere else.  In my
>> admittedly sketchy contacts, I don't recall any others referring to their
>> metropolis as "The City". Bostonians?? Chicagoans?? Philadelphians??
>> Atlantans?? Angelenos?? Houstonians?? Minneapolitans?? I don't think so.
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> San Franciscans.
Gah. Maybe next time I'll actually read instead of skim. Sorry.