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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-17562649 "New Conon Bridge railway station 'could open soon'" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.68.37.101 (talk) 05:01, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gaelic name a neologism?

I am none the wiser about the origins of the Gaelic name ‘Drochaid Sguideil’, but isn’t it a little odd to say that it’s probably a neologism, since there was no bridge there until the 19th century? Presumably the English name is therefore also a neologism, unless English-speakers were particularly prescient. Obviously neither name could have arisen until the bridge was built. The point, presumably, is that Gaelic was sufficiently in decline in the area at the time the bridge was built that no one would have given it a Gaelic name (or that only English was used for official naming of places in such unenlightened times). If the point about it being a neologism needs to be made, perhaps the circumstances surrounding its Gaelic naming should be clarified – and to say that it is likely to be a neologism is surely speculation, so doesn’t really belong on a Wikipedia page. Axnicho (talk) 10:13, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]