What You See Is What You Get. This is a journal blog, an explore-blog, a bit of this and that blog. Sharing where the mood takes me. Perhaps it will take you too.
River Spey has some strong currents. VEry relaxing sound though. YAM I have a question (MOL MOL no surprise right as I am full of them) In NC we say the name of the river or lake i.e. Neuse River, first followed by river or lake. Any reason why you say River/lake followed by the name? Are you laughing? That is OK Hugs Cecilia
Hari OM Excellent question! I actually had that question in mind when I migrated to OZ way back last century and did research on it. (Why's it called the Parramatta River, the Hawkesbury River, the George River ... and not the other way around?) I could write an entire essay, but I won't! Let's try the abstract version.
In truth, most rivers are only referred to by their noun and, quite often, preceded by 'the'. The Thames, The Orinico, The Amazon... The Spey - get the drift (sorry...🥴) That applies as much in original English as in the colonies' versions. However, grammatically, English generally demands that if an honorific title is to be applied - i.e. Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms...Mount...River... then it precedes the noun. (Same is not the case in Hindi, which is why you see me sign off as YAM-aunty!) I learned that when settlers arrived, they called the rivers as The Parramatta, The George, The Hawkesbury, etc. But then settlements meant exactly that and the areas settled, and the region around them, became named for the rivers. Parramatta the suburb, then, has to be distinguished from the Parramatta River, likewise, Hawkesbury Region is distinguished by the Hawkesbury River... and I suspect the same might be true in the USA, where the Ohio preceded Ohio State, the Mississippi preceded Mississippi State...
It’s a wonderful sound. We were walking alongside the Grand River a couple of days ago, enjoying the same cascading water.
ReplyDeleteI lived on running water like that for 4 years in Kentucky, it was always loud. did not bother me at age 10 but might keep me awake now
ReplyDeleteHow peaceful and beautiful and I love the chirping birds.
ReplyDeleteRiver Spey has some strong currents. VEry relaxing sound though.
ReplyDeleteYAM I have a question (MOL MOL no surprise right as I am full of them)
In NC we say the name of the river or lake i.e. Neuse River, first followed by river or lake.
Any reason why you say River/lake followed by the name?
Are you laughing? That is OK
Hugs Cecilia
Hari OM
DeleteExcellent question! I actually had that question in mind when I migrated to OZ way back last century and did research on it. (Why's it called the Parramatta River, the Hawkesbury River, the George River ... and not the other way around?) I could write an entire essay, but I won't! Let's try the abstract version.
In truth, most rivers are only referred to by their noun and, quite often, preceded by 'the'. The Thames, The Orinico, The Amazon... The Spey - get the drift (sorry...🥴) That applies as much in original English as in the colonies' versions. However, grammatically, English generally demands that if an honorific title is to be applied - i.e. Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms...Mount...River... then it precedes the noun. (Same is not the case in Hindi, which is why you see me sign off as YAM-aunty!) I learned that when settlers arrived, they called the rivers as The Parramatta, The George, The Hawkesbury, etc. But then settlements meant exactly that and the areas settled, and the region around them, became named for the rivers. Parramatta the suburb, then, has to be distinguished from the Parramatta River, likewise, Hawkesbury Region is distinguished by the Hawkesbury River... and I suspect the same might be true in the USA, where the Ohio preceded Ohio State, the Mississippi preceded Mississippi State...
HOWZZAT??? YAM xx
The sound of water soothes... Generally.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite sounds! In fact, we too Rosy on an Earth Day drive to the nearby Jemez river to listen to the river flow.
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