Sep 18, 2004 03:09
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As far as I know, this is the spelling commonly used in English. I recently came across "Ieper" and I would like to know whether that is also a legitimate option, and if so on what language it is based (Flemish?)
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| 5 +13 | Ypres // Ieper |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 +3 | Ypres & Ieper |
Martine Brault
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Ypres // Ieper
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Main Entry:Ie£per
Pronunciation:*y*-p*r
Variant:or French Ypres \**pr*\
Function:geographical name
commune NW Belgium in West Flanders population 35,235
Both are legitimate
Mike :)
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-09-18 03:16:15 GMT)
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As you can see, the French variant of Ieper is \"Ypres\"
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-09-18 03:18:54 GMT)
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Apparently \"Ieper\" is from Flemish, from a surname:
Finally, it is also suspected to hide in some Mid- West Flemish surnames: werinus gaye a. 1281 and jannet le gaye a. 1305. both at Ieper; fierin gaye a. 1396 at Woesten; gillis the gaye a. 1398 at Pittem.
Het geslacht Lagaaij... Ieper, W. Beele. Characteristics. adaptation. ... “Popular etymology is an unfortunate name for a language phenomenon that had nothing to do with etymology, but ...
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Main Entry:Ie£per
Pronunciation:*y*-p*r
Variant:or French Ypres \**pr*\
Function:geographical name
commune NW Belgium in West Flanders population 35,235
Both are legitimate
Mike :)
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Note added at 6 mins (2004-09-18 03:16:15 GMT)
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As you can see, the French variant of Ieper is \"Ypres\"
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-09-18 03:18:54 GMT)
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Apparently \"Ieper\" is from Flemish, from a surname:
Finally, it is also suspected to hide in some Mid- West Flemish surnames: werinus gaye a. 1281 and jannet le gaye a. 1305. both at Ieper; fierin gaye a. 1396 at Woesten; gillis the gaye a. 1398 at Pittem.
Het geslacht Lagaaij... Ieper, W. Beele. Characteristics. adaptation. ... “Popular etymology is an unfortunate name for a language phenomenon that had nothing to do with etymology, but ...
members.home.nl/r.vader/Voorwoord/voorwoord-text-en.htm - 34k - Cached - Similar pages
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thnks to all contributors. Special thanks to Richard Benham for the detail I was looking for: that the English name is based on the French spelling."
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Ypres & Ieper
Ieper is in the Flanders region of Belgium, where most people speak Flemish - one of the belgian official languages. In French, it is called Ypres.
It is mostly known as Ypres since it was the site of an important battle during the 1st world war, where British and Canadian soldiers fought. It is now known as "the City of Peace".
«Nowadays, the town of Ypres (in Dutch : Ieper) looks like a small quiet provincial town. The gigantic cloth hall overlooks the market square of this beautifully rebuilt medieval town. The past is always just one step away. »
It is mostly known as Ypres since it was the site of an important battle during the 1st world war, where British and Canadian soldiers fought. It is now known as "the City of Peace".
«Nowadays, the town of Ypres (in Dutch : Ieper) looks like a small quiet provincial town. The gigantic cloth hall overlooks the market square of this beautifully rebuilt medieval town. The past is always just one step away. »
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eldira
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Richard Benham
: Actually, I understand that there is "officially" no longer any such language as Flemish, [...].//Generally speaking, English forms of continental place-mnames are based on the French forms: Aix not Aachen Munich not Muenchen, etc.
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Quite right, as usual; thank you
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James Calder
: You're right but it was actually the site of three major WWI battles
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