Varieties of Durham (Part 1 of 2)
We are All Boat People Start here . You could look it up, but I'm here so you don't have to. The word "Durham" should invoke more than the surname of the DOJ Special Counsel whose work triggers both sides of the political echo chamber. True, from a corporate mass media perspective, that's the first bell rung when you hear a reference to Durham. Etymologically, the combination of Olde English " dun " (hill) and Scandinavian " holmr " (city) was adopted by 1st century Normans. City on a hill? Hmm. They eventually stopped adding the letter -r- because, the Anglo-French quite often lost or combined words containing the letters -l- , -n- , and -r- . They just couldn't properly pronounce " dunholmr ." Geographically, there are two primary locations called Durham. One Durham is a city and county bordering the North Sea in England (pop. ~511,000). The other Durham is a city located northwest of Raleigh, North Carolina. Durham, NC ...