tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post700307498993187346..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday - Is Every Day Friday??????Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-11943833727202646322011-04-24T16:56:46.517-07:002011-04-24T16:56:46.517-07:00oh, now i SO have to go down to the winooski when ...oh, now i SO have to go down to the winooski when i'm there in july and have a little talk about those onions!david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-25226041931892748522011-04-24T16:42:06.973-07:002011-04-24T16:42:06.973-07:00Not to worry, David - I kind of liked the "ju...Not to worry, David - I kind of liked the "julies" because that's often my condition - several conflicting me's battling it out for supremacy at any given moment. Besides, some of my friends - good friends - refer to me as "Jules." <br /><br />I love the idea of a river's name emerging from the sound it makes! Whatcom County in NW Washington State took its name from the Nooksack word meaning "noisy water." Wouldn't it be nice if we could conjure up the origin of river names when we invoke them? Who thinks "Wild Onions" anymore when they say the Abenaki word "Winooski" (the river flowing through Montpelier, VT?)Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-35761882882487592362011-04-24T08:24:00.521-07:002011-04-24T08:24:00.521-07:00sheesh! i just came back for a visit and saw i cal...sheesh! i just came back for a visit and saw i called you "julies," plural. perhaps in the royal? sorry 'bout that.<br /><br />the nekar is indeed in germany, a feeder for the rhine that babbles its way through heidelberg, the city where i first spoke with it. for a german city with a sizable irish ex-pat crowd it had an unusual lilt to it's voice.<br /><br />and thinking about it some more, i'm wondering if "the lorelei" comes from the rhine, and its root word, lurln, means murmur. hmmm.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-40282226922991367802011-04-24T04:20:15.968-07:002011-04-24T04:20:15.968-07:00I'll be listening more carefully as I travel n...I'll be listening more carefully as I travel now!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-22671588862690922362011-04-23T11:54:54.958-07:002011-04-23T11:54:54.958-07:00I love this conversation! I'm with you, Julie ...I love this conversation! I'm with you, Julie and David. Every river I've met has spoken in its own dialect and it's always been unique to its banks and the landscape beyond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-36036693111368178522011-04-22T15:57:59.840-07:002011-04-22T15:57:59.840-07:00You are SO right, David - I don't know the Nek...You are SO right, David - I don't know the Nekar (Germany?) but the Seine definitely speaks French, and the Tiber speaks Italian. The Rio Darro in Granada and the Guadalquiver in Seville speak Spanish - they even know how to trill their r's!!Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-82877544708888025882011-04-22T15:17:32.939-07:002011-04-22T15:17:32.939-07:00honestly, julies, when i first traveled abroad (in...honestly, julies, when i first traveled abroad (in my late 30s, far too late) i thought i was crazy for thinking the rivers sounded different. the nekar and seine were so distinct, it was as if they had absorbed the languages of those who lived beside them.<br /><br />i've had that thought tucked away for so long now. thanks for dislodging it from the crazy place.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.com