[lit-ideas] The English Channel: A Misnomer?
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:25:26 EST
In a message dated 2/2/2005 1:54:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, goya@xxxxxxx
writes:
like certain peoples de=20
l'autre c=F4t=E9 de la Manche.
M Chase writes.
Where _exactly_ is _la Manche_? In Spanish, they speak of 'El canal de la
Mancha', but I don't think that's the 'Mancha' from where Don Quixote hailed?
The English call it 'The English Channel', but surely that's political, too?
I wonder if in Norman (Plantagenet) England, it was known as "Manche"?
Cheers,
JL
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