Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, Looks like it. Thanks & Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > Jayanand - I don't know how the River Arun came to be named but here's what > Wkikpedia has to say about it: > > "As early as 150 AD, the Arun was recorded as the Trisantonis in Ptolemy's > Geography, with later records substantiating the connection.[1] Trisantonis > is thought to be a Brythonic word for 'the trespasser', indicating the > river's tendency to flood land near to the river. There is also a theory > that the Arun may have been known as the Trisantonis in its lower reaches > close to the sea, but known as the Arnus (from the Brythonic 'Arno' meaning > run or flow). So the Arnus would mean 'the flowing one'. It is possible > that > the town of Arundel may mean Arno-dell, or dell of the flowing river.[1] In > the middle ages the river was known as the Tarrant,[2] evidenced by Tarrant > Street in modern Arundel, later becoming known as the Arun after the town > or > the Rape of Arundel[citation needed]." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Arun > > It may be that the Indian and English usages are just a cross-lingual > coincidence. > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > On Apr 13, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > Dick, > > Some camera shop. Do you know how the river was named Arun? It is a very > > common Indian name. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at > > comcast.net > >wrote: > > > >> I only posted a few of my pictures from my trip to England last Fall. > Here > >> are a few more. > >> > >> Arundel Photographica: This shop had one of the best displays of > >> collectables I've ever seen. I managed to get out of the place with > only a > >> Victorian era photo book, though. > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/England_2009/sm_P1040566.jpg.html > >> http://tinyurl.com/y33dum7 > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/England_2009/sm_P1040569.jpg.html > >> http://tinyurl.com/y4u4r67 > >> > >> ... and a few touristy shots of Arundel Castle and River Arun: > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/England_2009/sm_P1040546.jpg.html > >> http://tinyurl.com/y5re5rx > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/England_2009/sm_P1040558.jpg.html > >> http://tinyurl.com/y5jbuhs > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/England_2009/sm_P1040552.jpg.html > >> http://tinyurl.com/y7pdv7r > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/England_2009/sm_P1040596.jpg.html > >> http://tinyurl.com/y33bleq > >> > >> All with the G-1 and 20mm f1.7 pancake lens. C&C encouraged. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Dick > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >