@caitlinrgreen @ticiaverveer @TeaJunkie1 Tea Junkie lives there & is a retired (almost) history prof! Do tell us more!
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Replying to @Tweets2CV
@Tweets2CV@caitlinrgreen@ticiaverveer Yes, I'd love to hear more about the origins of the name.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TeaJunkie1@Tweets2CV@ticiaverveer It's potentially quite fascinating! Generally treated as 'etymology unknown', but Coates in 1988 and >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TeaJunkie1@Tweets2CV@ticiaverveer > others more recently argued only obviously workable explanation is that is Proto-Semitic/Phoenician >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TeaJunkie1@Tweets2CV@ticiaverveer > & identical in origin to name Ibiza---either same name used in British Isles (cf. Thanet/Y TNT) >2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TeaJunkie1@Tweets2CV@ticiaverveer > or Punic name = 'lush island' or similar---compare http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html … esp on name Hebrides :)2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen@Tweets2CV@ticiaverveer That's really interesting. I never knew so many Carthaginian coins had been found on Iron Age sites.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@TeaJunkie1@caitlinrgreen@ticiaverveer See Junkie I find the best of people for you to meet!1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@Tweets2CV@TeaJunkie1 I love twitter not least as ppl here don't glaze over as soon as I start going on! ;) [or can't see them if they do!]1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@caitlinrgreen@TeaJunkie1 To see such History Education as the Dr & Junkie at Twitter play is astounding! Makes me truly dim (But keen!)2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@Tweets2CV Hah! Nonsense, but is def a fascinating topic! :)
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