tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990702592078012308.post7623148295093515978..comments2024-03-04T17:07:51.633+01:00Comments on Invisible Bordeaux: Le Bourgailh: Pessac's innovative green belt eco-siteTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14391698533722905666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990702592078012308.post-28564260516265459742013-03-27T16:41:01.236+01:002013-03-27T16:41:01.236+01:00In terms of pronunciation, I would say "Bourg...In terms of pronunciation, I would say "Bourgailh" more or less rhymes with "poor guy" in English! <br /><br />From what I can make out the word/name has Occitan roots. The area was previously known in "Franco-Gascon" as "le Tuc du Bourgalh" ("tuc" meaning hill or mound). The purely French take on the name has the added "i" to make it easier to instinctively pronounce perhaps. <br /><br />Bourgailh is a surname which can be found in the Languedoc/Ariège and Poitou regions of France and it is thought a family bearing this name owned a château which later gave its name to the area. I may be wrong but I don't think the château still exists, although the "Rue du Château du Bourgailh" loops around part of the park <b><a href="https://maps.google.fr/maps/ms?msid=210373862037781084851.0004b3333ef977deb2fc8&msa=0&ie=UTF8&ll=44.807812,-0.676389&spn=0.017081,0.042272&t=h&z=15&vpsrc=6&iwloc=0004d83a3c7da95b03106" rel="nofollow">(see Googlemap)</a></b>. Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391698533722905666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990702592078012308.post-22402222610747004262013-03-25T16:58:56.265+01:002013-03-25T16:58:56.265+01:00Nice idea. One question: where does the name '...Nice idea. One question: where does the name 'Bourgailh' come from and how do your pronounce it?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.com