Regarding the etymology - isn't there a Persian cognate of "Georgia" dating back to long before the term was used in Western languages? And what, there was no farming in medieval Armenia? I thought the etymology did come from St. George, by analogy (i.e., the same reason people drop the R in "February," or the way "rule of thumb" went from meaning "quick hack" to "maxim for quick hacks") in the Hellenization.
My posts make considerably more sense read in the voice of John Ratzenberger.
Regarding the etymology - isn't there a Persian cognate of "Georgia" dating back to long before the term was used in Western languages? And what, there was no farming in medieval Armenia? I thought the etymology did come from St. George, by analogy (i.e., the same reason people drop the R in "February," or the way "rule of thumb" went from meaning "quick hack" to "maxim for quick hacks") in the Hellenization.
My posts make considerably more sense read in the voice of John Ratzenberger.