[lit-ideas] The Falcon Island
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:47:04 EST
Helm:
"I had the name “Falklands” right in my first note. Calling it Falcons is
almost as bad as saying Borges was “born in Buenos Aires 1989.”
Indeed!
>Yes, and I'd add Jorge Luis Borges, born in Buenos Aires 1989.
I had written. I knew you would correct or in any case, I ascribe it as a
puny consideration.
Here's more on the Falcon Island:
"Peregrine falcons may have nested on Falcon Island -- giving rise to the
original English name. Did falconers, or faul-k-ners, visit the island cliffs
to
collect young hawks for training. This is an engraving from a plate in The
Ornithology of Willughby Francis, 1678."
J. Helander, The Island called Faulkner's.
-- Of course I don't think FALKLAND is related, but I may be wrong. British
surnames anyone?
Cheers,
JL
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