> > > Neanderthal is the Neander Valley. 'Neander' is an > > invented word made up by a chap called Neumann which in English is > New Man. > > Oh really? > > Silly old me had always thought that the Neandertal, which > is (quite appropriately) located near Dusseldorf, had its name from the > river Neander flowing through it. > > Ralf
The Neander meanders through it... Neumann must have given his name to the river, then. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
