Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Five New Areas Of London Named

Here we have neologisms that are chosen to sound as if they're historical. 

As the commenter notes in this article, some of them do arise from pre-existing site names. But the etymologist - the historian of linguistics - might hope for names that reflect the times. The BBC report on the same story lists some more contemporary and perhaps appropriate names - I liked 'Dog and Bike' as an appropriately present-day name.

Five New Areas Of London Named In Olympic Competition
http://londonist.com/2011/08/five-new-areas-of-london-named-in-olympic-competition.php