Scilly Isles

'' [I assume the extra 'c' in Scilly was put in so as to be less derogatory to the islanders' behaviour?!] ''


What if any egregious behavior required this...do you know?

I mean were they running around nekid carrying on in the surf? or chasing goats for deviant purposes ala a bacchanalia?

The mind conjures innumerable possibilities.

a source says it is uncertain what the origin is and that one of a number of theories is that it relates to goddess/god Sulis.


Edited by Arthur-Robin - 06-Jul-2013 at 17:23

Interesting Alani...is it Latin? And if so did the isle of Sully off Cardiff get the same name for a similar reason. Because there are conflicts of interest in definition there. More importantly as the Western seaboard of Britain to include the Bristol channel may or may no be 'sunny'.

What then was the reference/name alluding to? Sunshine on the islands. Topo features...climate?

Colloquial vernacular.


Look up the 'Llano Estacado' and you will see why.

Besides, nobody worth their salt, north of Lubbock, would be caught dead using 'they're.' They would assume and note the miscreant as attempting to 'putting on airs'. Hence utterly disregard both his or her physical presence and any further utterance of speech.

Can you possibly imagine how it would feel for a native let alone a visitor to be termed a miscreant?

And you thought Bush 43's, use of 'shock and awe' was intimidating.


Child's play...compared to the disdain that would be bestowed on such a rapscallion that attempted to appear a superior.
Trust me...I know. As I was not only born and lived there. But from there went on and obtained multiple advanced university accolades. And can still eat buttered grits with the best of them.



Amen.


Edited by Centrix Vigilis - 30-Jun-2013 at 11:13

Dunno Sid..... they been called different things at different times.

cassiterides
scillonia insula
ennor
syllan
lyonesse

but their pretty. got a great history and iirc, remain royal properties or at least part, of the ole 'duc de cornwall'