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The International Line, I like it, Ian. All this sea talk might leave some new list names on our beaches. The little state I live in is all ragged coast. Listening to you guys and the talk about the Celtic Sea is getting me into a bit of a little state myself, (almost) missing (home). Mairead On 12/5/06, Jane Holland' <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 22:57:18 -0000, Geraldine Monk < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >On this point (and I'm finding this whole naming of the seas fascinating > - > >the North Sea used to be called the Germanic Ocean and I never realised > the > >North Sea is also part of the Atlantic Ocean - so in actual fact we're > >surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean - I don't think I've ever fully realised > >this. I'm sure I'm not the only one. > > > >But if, for example, the English Channel is called a different name by > the > >French surely their must be Celtic names for the shores around Ireland - > I'm > >sure the Manx and Welsh will have their own name for their surrounding > sea? > >Is it just down to which map you look at? > > > > Anyone who's ever lived - or surfed! - on the west coast of Cornwall knows > the Atlantic rollers > intimately. And the sea around the Isle of Man is known as the Irish Sea > in English and the Manx > Sea, yn Mooir Vannin, in Manx Gaelic. But since the Manx revival is still > in its infancy, it would be > rare indeed to find anyone outside the strongholds of Manx Nationalist > territory who would be > aware of that linguistic quirk. > > > www.janeholland.co.uk >