Talk:Wood Bridge

Beware of literal interpretations that don't take into account the drift of spoken and written language over time.

My sister lives in the town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, and for a long time was puzzled as to how it got its name, as history relates there has never been a bridge there made of any sort of material, let alone wood. It took a long time for her to realise that the town's name is a corruption of Wade-bridge - ie, that the settlement sprang up in one of the few places where the river Deben could be crossed by ford (ie, there has never been a conventional bridge there as there was never a need for one: the river is shallow enough at certain times to facilitate wading accross).

Could this mark a similar point where it is possible to walk accross the Ankh without getting your soles completely eroded through? --AgProv 09:43, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

The city mapp does show a bridge, though, and while you might sometimes be able to walk across the Ankh with only moderate burns to your boots, you'd never wade. --Old Dickens 22:35, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't think wade would be the appropriate term anyway. Perhaps tunnel, or displace maybe? --Hexhunter 21:33, 29 March 2010 (UTC)