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01:02 Jul 22, 2015 |
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| Selected response from: Catharine Cellier-Smart Reunion Local time: 15:13 | ||||||
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3 +3 | unlikely to come from hawthorn |
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4 | Haw |
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4 | view / vantage point |
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haw Haw Explanation: The fruit, sometimes known as a "haw", is berry-like but structurally a pome containing from 1 to 5 pyrenes that resemble the "stones" of plums, peaches, etc., ... I don't know if you need to interpret this in your Chinese rendering but if not, just leave it as "Haw" |
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haw unlikely to come from hawthorn Explanation: 1) Hawthorn is a hedgerow shrub/tree that you're unlikely to find on top of a hill or mountain in the Lake District, which tend to be rather windswept. 2) 'Haw' in this context is more likely to be a deformation of "Hawse" (the summit of a pass) or of "Hafs" (an Old Norse word) or of "Howe" (a pointed and rocky formation but not a mountain summit). The last one is the most likely in my opinion, but to be sure you'd probably need to contact the Lake District tourist board or a similar organisation. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Misc... http://www.mountain-journeys.co.uk/lakeland-place-names.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbrian_toponymy |
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