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Dear Boundary pointers,
I'm in the process of reading a very interesting
book on "Boundary-making...a handbook for
statesmen, treaty editors and boundary commissioners".
by Stephen B. Jones, assoc. professor of geography...
this book being published in 1945, is interesting in
many ways, also in regard to the language used...!!
The word "tripoint" isn't mentioned at all, instead the
terms "triple points" and "trijunction points" are used..
SO, my question to those of you having English/American
as first language...!
Is "tripoint" a modern word... born in the US or GB??
all the best...
Peter H.
PS: Jesper, Hans Peter (another Danish border freak)
and I just returned from our mini expedition to the
DeDk border... a very nice trip that brought us to all
16 crossing points (railway and road) and some other
interesting places at the border, for example a German
cottage 10 meters from the actual boundaryline, where
a boundary marker was placed in the owner's back-
yard - a remote place full of cats (35 !) - that's why we
called him the "catman" ... a full report will be submitted
later...maybe AFTER the GEEBE that takes quite a lot of my time...
Pete |
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