Graham Murray wrote:
Bruce writes:

We'll also have to change the name of the River Cam to "Came". Well,
spellings come and go, so this one Came and went. ;-)

Not forgetting the river Temms


Yes, the one that runs through Lundun.

On 04/12/2010 23:54, Bruce wrote:
Graham wrote:
writes:

We'll also have to change the name of the River Cam to "Came". Well,
spellings come and go, so this one Came and went. ;-)

Not forgetting the river Temms


Yes, the one that runs through Lundun.

According to local pronunciation, Lannon I would have thought ;-)

--
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Rail and transport photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdoubl...7603834894248/

On 2010\12\04 22:01, Neil Williams wrote:
On Dec 4, 3:34 pm, Basil wrote:

No, Stansted Airport has an owner, and they own its spelling, unlike the
English language which we all own.

Stansted Airport is an airport located near a village called Stansted
(Mountfitchet), with that spelling. Arguably the people who live
there get to define what the village is called, and the airport's name
derives from that...

The fact that the airport is not called Stansted Mountfitchet Airport
completely undermines your argument.

On Dec 5, 7:29*am, Jeremy Double wrote:
On 04/12/2010 23:54, Bruce wrote: Graham *wrote:
*writes:

We'll also have to change the name of the River Cam to "Came". *Well,
spellings come and go, so this one Came and went. *;-)

Not forgetting the river Temms

Yes, the one that runs through Lundun.

According to local pronunciation, Lannon I would have thought ;-)

Not really. There's a subtle distinction between those vowels,
difficult for northerners, which possibly explains the (fairly posh)
recordings on the Northern Line referring to Landon Bridge and
Barough. Done by a voice-coached northerner I bet.

On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2010\12\04 22:01, Neil Williams wrote:
On Dec 4, 3:34 pm, Basil wrote:

No, Stansted Airport has an owner, and they own its spelling, unlike the
English language which we all own.

Stansted Airport is an airport located near a village called Stansted
(Mountfitchet), with that spelling. Arguably the people who live
there get to define what the village is called, and the airport's name
derives from that...

The fact that the airport is not called Stansted Mountfitchet Airport
completely undermines your argument.

I will henceforth be referring to the place as Mountfitchet Aerodrome.

tom

--
Remember Sammy Jankis.

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2010\12\04 22:01, Neil Williams wrote:
On Dec 4, 3:34 pm, Basil wrote:

No, Stansted Airport has an owner, and they own its spelling, unlike the
English language which we all own.

Stansted Airport is an airport located near a village called Stansted
(Mountfitchet), with that spelling. Arguably the people who live
there get to define what the village is called, and the airport's name
derives from that...

The fact that the airport is not called Stansted Mountfitchet Airport
completely undermines your argument.

I will henceforth be referring to the place as Mountfitchet Aerodrome.


Too modern, old chap ...

"Mountfitchet Flying Field" if you please, Sir!

On Dec 5, 7:35*am, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2010\12\04 22:01, Neil Williams wrote:

On Dec 4, 3:34 pm, Basil *wrote:

No, Stansted Airport has an owner, and they own its spelling, unlike the
English language which we all own.

Stansted Airport is an airport located near a village called Stansted
(Mountfitchet), with that spelling. *Arguably the people who live
there get to define what the village is called, and the airport's name
derives from that...

The fact that the airport is not called Stansted Mountfitchet Airport
completely undermines your argument.

Basil Jet being an expert on air travel, naturally.
Tim

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2010\12\04 22:01, Neil Williams wrote:
On Dec 4, 3:34 pm, Basil wrote:

No, Stansted Airport has an owner, and they own its spelling, unlike
the English language which we all own.

Stansted Airport is an airport located near a village called Stansted
(Mountfitchet), with that spelling. Arguably the people who live
there get to define what the village is called, and the airport's name
derives from that...

The fact that the airport is not called Stansted Mountfitchet
Airport completely undermines your argument.

The village (small town really) was always called Stansted until the
airport got big enough for the residents to want to distinguish themselves
from it for various reasons. That included, ISTR, renaming the station.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 2010-12-05 21:32:40 +0000, said:

In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2010\12\04 22:01, Neil Williams wrote:
On Dec 4, 3:34 pm, Basil wrote:

No, Stansted Airport has an owner, and they own its spelling, unlike
the English language which we all own.

Stansted Airport is an airport located near a village called Stansted
(Mountfitchet), with that spelling. Arguably the people who live
there get to define what the village is called, and the airport's name
derives from that...

The fact that the airport is not called Stansted Mountfitchet
Airport completely undermines your argument.

The village (small town really) was always called Stansted until the
airport got big enough for the residents to want to distinguish themselves
from it for various reasons. That included, ISTR, renaming the station.

Well, as I said earlier, the Mountfitchet bit was definitely there in
1611. I've lived near the village since '79 and I've always known the
Mountfitchet part. The station, of course, did not gain it until 1990
or so.

wrote in message
...
In article ,
(Basil Jet) wrote:

On 2010\12\04 22:01, Neil Williams wrote:
On Dec 4, 3:34 pm, Basil wrote:

No, Stansted Airport has an owner, and they own its spelling, unlike
the English language which we all own.

Stansted Airport is an airport located near a village called Stansted
(Mountfitchet), with that spelling. Arguably the people who live
there get to define what the village is called, and the airport's name
derives from that...

The fact that the airport is not called Stansted Mountfitchet
Airport completely undermines your argument.

The village (small town really) was always called Stansted until the
airport got big enough for the residents to want to distinguish themselves
from it for various reasons. That included, ISTR, renaming the station.

OT1H my 1964 ER TT shows the station as Stansted.

OTOH my 1950 AA Book of the Road quite clearly shows the village name as
"Stansted Mountfitchet"

tim