X-no-archive: yes "Els van Dam" wrote
Aah! That would explain the "Byward Market"
Eimear
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"BY the way": "By" in Norwegian means: "Town"! AUD ;-))
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Eimear explain please, els who is scratching her head. What does Bytown stand for, (ok other than Ottawa, LOL) I understand the meaning of Byways, Bytown is a suburb...??
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Well there you go then, it must be a Norwegian word slipped into Ontario.
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With Aud's explanation it becomes a town or village market.....??
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Look at
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and you will see Bytown was namedafter Colonel John By.
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OK I tried to make it to scientific.....Otto always claims that I make things much more difficult than the really are,...LOL
I did like the added explanation from Aud thought.
Els
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If you ever go to Norway, remember that "by" is not pronounced the same way in Norwegian as it is in English.
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"Your friend" skrev i melding news:H4Wjg.185323$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
...it is pronounced bü , like the German letter: Ü! I know that BYTOWN do NOT mean: "town-town" but I thought it was a funny coincidense, don't you think??? Aud ;-)
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Yes Aud, It is a smile..
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As someone mentioned, and I remember hearing somewhere before, the city was named after Colonel By.
The ByWard Market is in the city centre, the older part of town. It has a few streets with restaurants and different kinds of shops as well as proper market shops
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people who have been to Boston, it reminds me a bit of the Faneuil Hall area.
Eimear