Emeric

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 81808

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "manawydan" <manawydan at n...> 
wrote:
> Catlady wrote:
> >> << Emeric [...] America [...] Hmmm... interesting. *grin* Would 
this
> >> mean "America the Evil"?... >>
> >
> > Probably not, but there is a theory that America was named after
> > someone named Emeric (or E. Merrick, the article is 
audio): "Robert
> 
> Actually it's _ap Meurig_!
> 
> The mayor of Bristol, who sponsored the expedition to Newfoundland 
in 1487
> or thereabouts, was one Richard ap Meurig (anglicised to _Ameryk_ 
when he
> went to live in England)
> 

Geoff:
This is probably seriously OT (looked over shoulder to try to see 
elves) but I always read that America was named after Amerigo 
Vespucci. Who was this Uni Ted States bloke though? I know he has a 
sister Trucial. :-)

Heigh ho, back to Emeric Thingy and Ethelred the Unready.