AN EL OR AN AR?
Sir,-Your paragraph on the spelling of the name of the largest of the British Solomon Islands reminded me of a hote in a recent issue of The Southern Cross Log, the official journal of the Melanesian Mission. It was there recorded that a couple of hours’ visit to the Mitchell Library in Sydney revealed that the "1" was correct. The name was given by one of the senior officers of Mendana’s expedition of discovery in 1568 and commemorates his home in Spain. The B.S.I. Administration also advised that Guadalcanal was the official usage. W. T. Brigham’s Index to the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, published in 1900 by the B, P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, gives under the heading Guadalcanar: "the Guadalcanal of Gallego and Mendana who discovered it in April, 1568 . . » Native name Guamkata .. ." So The Pacific Islands Yearbook (edited by R. W. Robson and published in Sydney), usually accepted as the authority on the Pacific Islnads, uses only the form with an gh Rad Nevertheless, in spite of the weight of authority, it is undoubtedly true that Guadalcanar is the more common in ordinary conversation among those who live or have lived in the islands-prob-ably because of the easier pronuncia-
tion,
B. W.
COLLINS
Auckland,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 234, 17 December 1943, Page 5
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