On Sat, 10 May 1997 14:45:25 GMT Gary Kleppe wrote:

: As for the old ghoul, her name is said to mean "possible" +
: "rugged mountain place" which would seem to indicate Ke Lin.
: "Lin" doesn't sound much like the "logne" of Cologne, so I may
: be wrong here. Tom Jeffreys did point out, though, that Ke Lin
: *does* sound kinda like the German city Koeln, which happens to
: be a very, very old city.

*And* it is also the origin of the word "Cologne".  It comes from
"Eau de Cologne" - the water of Köln.

Ke Lin *does* sound ather similar to Köln, particularly, since the
inhabitants tend to pronounce it "Köllen".  (If they make an
effort, that is, otherwise it's "Kölle" :)


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