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pretty_plantFor some reasons, I never thought Dundale to be a real place. Whenever I googled Dundale, it always gave Dundale Ave or restaurant I never really thought of it as an actual place. I just know nothing about English geography.
Somebody just sent me this link: https://www.chilternsaonb.org/ccbmaps/792/137/dundale.html. Apparently, Dundale is the northern edge of Tring. But this article also explained the name of Dundale: dun means hill and dale means small valley, which sorta reminds me of a brugh. (Everybody must realize this at this point besides me).
This brought to my mind the fact that Thomas also had two names: Thomas of (de) Dundale (Dundelle) and Thomas de Donvil. And a quick check (also google) told me that Donvil was based on some locations in Normandy. So maybe the name Dundale was based on Thomas's connection with the brugh and Donvil was where his family came from? Or maybe his family might actually live in Tring. However, his father was called as a Norman magnate so maybe he would want to refer himself as to come from Donvil.
But I don't know much about this linguistic stuff and geographycal stuffs anyway. But it is interesting to think that the fairies had such an impact on Thomas that he was regularly called by everyone as Dundale instead of Donvil. I would enjoy it if somebody tells me I am wrong and explain to me what is wrong.
Even when Dundale was actually where Thomas came from, I think that Clarke intentionally chose the name with that meaning for him.
Somebody just sent me this link: https://www.chilternsaonb.org/ccbmaps/792/137/dundale.html. Apparently, Dundale is the northern edge of Tring. But this article also explained the name of Dundale: dun means hill and dale means small valley, which sorta reminds me of a brugh. (Everybody must realize this at this point besides me).
This brought to my mind the fact that Thomas also had two names: Thomas of (de) Dundale (Dundelle) and Thomas de Donvil. And a quick check (also google) told me that Donvil was based on some locations in Normandy. So maybe the name Dundale was based on Thomas's connection with the brugh and Donvil was where his family came from? Or maybe his family might actually live in Tring. However, his father was called as a Norman magnate so maybe he would want to refer himself as to come from Donvil.
But I don't know much about this linguistic stuff and geographycal stuffs anyway. But it is interesting to think that the fairies had such an impact on Thomas that he was regularly called by everyone as Dundale instead of Donvil. I would enjoy it if somebody tells me I am wrong and explain to me what is wrong.
Even when Dundale was actually where Thomas came from, I think that Clarke intentionally chose the name with that meaning for him.
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Date: 2019-09-28 04:47 pm (UTC)For Uskglass, maybe it's because he's such a well-known figure that a common spelling of his name is well-established by the 19th century. It might not even be the original spelling, but it's the one that everyone has settled on.