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Godot (Sorry I'm late) Started conversation Sep 12, 2002
May I add that the name Aberdeen comes from the french a bas dee- at the bottom of the dee
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 12, 2002
From "Place names in Scotland":
'Aber
A Brittonic word usually used as a prefix, meaning "meeting of the waters", so in general it should mean the same in Scotland as in Wales. It never moved into the Gaelic language where the equivalent word is Inver and it generally only occurs in the Pictish areas.
Abernethy is the meeting of the waters of the Nethy.
The most famous Aber - Aberdeen - is not a simple example however as it was originally made up of two settlements with similar names, at least one of which had a Gaelic suffic.'
( http://home.freeuk.com/billmarshall/dupronounce.htm )
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Godot (Sorry I'm late) Posted Sep 13, 2002
Thanks, you have cleared up a long held misconception
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