In a message dated 6/10/00 7:19:56 AM GMT Daylight Time,
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> According to local lore, a "Man of Kent" comes from one side of the
> River Medway, a "Kentish Man" from the other; but I forget which is
> which - ed.
A "Kentish Man" is from west of the Medway, a "Man of Kent" is from east of
the Medway. I presume "Kentish Man" is _less_ "of Kent" because _almost_ in
"sarf Lunun" and "Man of Kent" is _more_ "Kentish" because from "Deepest
Kentshire"?
Henry Gough-Cooper
visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website at
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm
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