Talk:Lutetia

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Lutetia was renamed Paris after the city of Ys (it is said that Ys was the most wonderful city in the world) was destroyed, because "Par-Is" in Breton means "Similar to Ys".

Is that right? I thought Paris was named after the Parisi tribe. This looks like a candidate for Wetman's "Legend states..." prize. Adam Bishop 20:44, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Distracting blank spaces

Formatting that encases the framed table of contents in text, in just the way a framed map or image is enclosed within the text, is now available: {{TOCleft}} in the HTML does the job.

Blank space opposite the ToC, besides being unsightly and distracting, suggests that there is a major break in the continuity of the text, which may not be the case. Blanks in page layout are voids and they have meanings to the experienced reader. The space betweeen paragraphs marks a brief pause between separate blocks of thought. A deeper space, in a well-printed text, signifies a more complete shift in thought: note the spaces that separate sub-headings in Wikipedia articles.

A handful of thoughtless and aggressive Wikipedians revert the "TOCleft" format at will. A particularly aggressive de-formatter is User:Ed g2s

The reader may want to compare versions at the Page history. --Wetman 19:55, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

'Latin' and 'mud'

This article claims in the introduction that the placename is Latin. Surely the Romans were rather _recording_ the names they heard from the Gaulish speaking locals and this is a Gaulish placename. I'll look it up in the usual reference works. The article later goes on to talk about an etymology "mud" in rather vague terms without even mentioning which languages are being discussed. This seems to me to be comparable with LUTUDARUM (modern Crich, Derbyshire, England) analysed as a celtic element meaning "ash" or similar (spoil heaps from the mining operations) cognate with W lludw, Mod.ScGael luath. Since wikipedia is not the place to publish original research, it would be good to know if these matters have been discussed elsewhere and then the sections on etymology might be improved.83.105.29.229 (talk) 12:00, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Location

I'm a bit confused after reading this about the exact location of the settlement. The article seems to be saying that Gallic Lutetia was found on the right bank (at least judging by the included illustration), but that Roman Lutetia was founded on the left bank (where the Latin Quarter) is now. Is this correct? --Criticalthinker (talk) 07:43, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

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