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Til, Brianes – Yelmo, 1975
The author fantasizes that at some point in the distant past England was a Spanish colony. He supports his thesis by revealing fantastic etymologies of some English place names showing the influence of Spanish on English, for example "Surrey" comes from "su rey." (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)
Descriptors: English, Etymology, European History, Fantasy
