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Liverpool And The Liver Building.
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My goddaughters daughter, who believes I know everything, sweet innocent child, asked me why there is a difference in the way the word liver is pronouced, as in the words in the post title. Can anybody enlighten me.
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the answer appears to be here: the building society started in the Lyver Inn
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Seems Liverpool was named well before The Liver Building came along, hence different pronounciation.
The history of Liverpool can be traced back to 1190 when the place was known as 'Liuerpul', possibly meaning a pool or creek with muddy water.
Construction began on the Royal Liver Building in 1907, when it was designed as an office for the 6,000 employees of the Royal Liver Group
The history of Liverpool can be traced back to 1190 when the place was known as 'Liuerpul', possibly meaning a pool or creek with muddy water.
Construction began on the Royal Liver Building in 1907, when it was designed as an office for the 6,000 employees of the Royal Liver Group
Should have opened at the right section
Origins of the name
The name comes from the Old English liver, meaning thick or muddy, and pol, meaning a pool or creek, and is first recorded around 1190 as Liuerpul.[11][12] According to the Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained".[12] The adjective Liverpudlian is first recorded in 1833.[12]
Other origins of the name have been suggested, including "elverpool", a reference to the large number of eels in the Mersey.[13] The name appeared in 1190 as "Liuerpul",[14] and the place appearing as Leyrpole, in a legal record of 1418, may refer to Liverpool.[15]
Origins of the name
The name comes from the Old English liver, meaning thick or muddy, and pol, meaning a pool or creek, and is first recorded around 1190 as Liuerpul.[11][12] According to the Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, "The original reference was to a pool or tidal creek now filled up into which two streams drained".[12] The adjective Liverpudlian is first recorded in 1833.[12]
Other origins of the name have been suggested, including "elverpool", a reference to the large number of eels in the Mersey.[13] The name appeared in 1190 as "Liuerpul",[14] and the place appearing as Leyrpole, in a legal record of 1418, may refer to Liverpool.[15]
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