It sometimes amazes me how poorly people understand the world around them. Here's a line from the riverdance website (which I'm doing some work on)
When Ptolomy's cartographers mapped Ireland in 150AD they indicated the location of the Avoca River, then spelt Oboka
'Then spelt Oboka'? What? Oboka I would guess is a transliteration of the Greek letters which were used to represent the sound 'Avoca' by Ptolemy & co. We didn't even have writing in Ireland back then, so to say is was spelt in a certain way back then is just meaningless
When Ptolomy's cartographers mapped Ireland in 150AD they indicated the location of the Avoca River, then spelt Oboka
'Then spelt Oboka'? What? Oboka I would guess is a transliteration of the Greek letters which were used to represent the sound 'Avoca' by Ptolemy & co. We didn't even have writing in Ireland back then, so to say is was spelt in a certain way back then is just meaningless