Hello Denys and HP3000-L !

Denys wrote  :

> I'm not sure this is crucial :) to the fictional explanation
> you gave, but
> it should be pointed out the name "Las Cruces" was chosen for the site
> because 3 graves with crosses were discovered by some
> Europeans, presumably
> Spaniards, who thought they were the first Europeans to ever
> come there.
>  There were no other markings or anything to indicate who was
> buried there,
> or who had buried them.
>
> Many of the names of towns and cities in NM and also in Texas
> are Spanish
> in origin with religious overtones.  For example Corpus Christi, means
> "Body of Christ", Santa Fe means "Holy Faith," a theme repeated in old
> French in Quebec, "Sainte Foy."  There is also a wide
> selection of San or
> Santa something or other.  The nomenclature is also repeated
> in California
> where you have Los Angeles, "The Angels" and Santa Cruz meaning "Holy
> Cross" and not "Holy Crossing."
>
> If one were to subscribe to your fanciful explanations,  San Francisco
> would actually translate to "Holy Frank,"  "Holy Sausage" or
> better yet
> "Holy Wiener."  That's a little hard to swallow.


Hard to swallow ? Why ? Denys, you did an outstanding job in cunning
linguistics.



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