On May 12, 2009, at 9:00 PM, VA-ROOTS automatic digest system wrote:

> Since someone else chimed in on "town", I'll add another point.  In  
> Norwegian and Danish (Swedish would likely be the same with a  
> spelling change) the word "tun" is a rough cognate to the English  
> "town."  However, it has more the meaning of a farmstead than of a  
> political entity.  If there was a scandinavian in the mix, that  
> might be where this is coming from.

J Fallin
Walnut Creek, CA
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>   2. "Toons"
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> Date:    Mon, 11 May 2009 23:25:03 -0400
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> Subject: Re: "Toons"
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> Hi,
> I have an idea. Could the original person who posted the question  
> please
> respond again?
> Thanks,
> Cecelia
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>> Could it be "Old Town" and "Flat Town", the Toon being written by a
>> semi-literate clerk? I have found this lack of attention to detail  
>> and
>> spelling in a great many old hand-written documents in my 35-40 years
>> of digging.   CW
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