Talk:Apennine Mountains

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[edit] title capitalization

Either the page should be moved to Apennine Mountains, or the opening paragraph should match the title in capitalization ("The Apennine mountains..."). I don't know which is correct, and this may be a case of US vs UK spelling. Any thoughts? –RHolton≡– 00:47, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

(Adding to my own comment). Actually, another option would be to move the page to Apennines. –RHolton≡– 00:56, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Celtic root unlikely

If the name comes down to us via the Greek at a time and a place where there was unlikely to have been any Celtic influence, I see no reason to speculate a Celtic root for the name Apennines. The Latin root, "penne" (feather, quill), source of the word "pinnacle", seems to be reflected in the name. The name "Pennines" is also probably from Latin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.68.95.65 (talk) 23:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)