Pevensie & pensieve

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan" <dumbledad at y...> 
wrote:
> Hi All,

Dumbledad:

<snip>

That took me to this website about the authenticity of the Lewis 
Wardrobe: 

http://www.westmont.edu/_academics/pages/departments/english/Pages/cs_
lewis_wardrobe.html
 
> which in turn reminded me of the family name of the children, 
Peter, Susan, Lucy, and Edmund, in the Narnia books. 
It's "Penvensie". I think that the name probably derives from the 
English town Pevensey, but it is very difficult to read the wardrobe 
article without noting that "Pevensie" and "pensieve" are acronyms.
> 
> Cheers,
 		
Geoff:
Now you've got me confused - or confunded. Can you expand on your 
line of thought? They can't be acronyms; these are words made up from 
initials like Laser, AIDS or BASIC.