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Interesting read about Tintamarre #65318 08/20/2015 04:24 PM 08/20/2015 04:24 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18,728 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman OP Traveler
SXMScubaman OP Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 18,728 Auburn, WA	http://thesabaislander.com/2013/07/04/tintamarre/

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Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: SXMScubaman] #65319 08/20/2015 04:41 PM 08/20/2015 04:41 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,724 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,724 Central Florida!	Wow, very interesting! Lots of stuff there. Will have to go back and re-read it later. Carol Hill

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: Carol_Hill] #65320 08/20/2015 05:12 PM 08/20/2015 05:12 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,666 MIA I irina Traveler
irina Traveler I Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,666 MIA	Great story. Read it years ago. B lent me a great book by Will Johnson about the history of Sint Maarten. Cheers irina

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: irina] #65321 08/20/2015 05:37 PM 08/20/2015 05:37 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Barbara Traveler
Barbara Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten	an island with a lot of history. The King of Tintamarre was Diederick Cristiaan van Romondt, an ancestor of my husband's. Diederick is my husband's name and is a very popular name throughout the van Romondt family. my late father in law, Aubrey Cannegieter, is also mentioned in this article

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: Barbara] #65322 08/20/2015 06:31 PM 08/20/2015 06:31 PM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,004 sebastian florida silverfox82 Traveler
silverfox82 Traveler Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,004 sebastian florida	I went to school and served in Viet Nam with Mike Voges, his family history includes SXM and a street has his fanily name in P'burg. The schooner that is no more was his cousin.

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: silverfox82] #65323 08/21/2015 03:28 PM 08/21/2015 03:28 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,294 J january Traveler
january Traveler J Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,294	The writer is wrong about the origin of the island's name. Tintamare means "ado" or "hub-hub" in French. The island was given the name Santa Marie by the Spanish and maps of the time listed it as such. When the French took over St. Martin all they had were some old Spanish maps that were difficult to read and they mistranslated the name. I just checked my French dictionary and it translates the word as racket. I was surprised to find it since old French words that are common in the Caribbean such as marigot and ance are no longer used.

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: january] #65324 08/21/2015 09:02 PM 08/21/2015 09:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,666 MIA I irina Traveler
irina Traveler I Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,666 MIA	Wow. Just researched what you said and that's an Acadian term. Not sure that applies to St Martin or Sint Maarten. Please elaborate. I think Will Johnson knows quite a bit about Saba and Sint Maarten. Thanks irina

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: irina] #65325 08/22/2015 06:08 PM 08/22/2015 06:08 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,294 J january Traveler
january Traveler J Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,294	If it was just an Acadian term I don't think it would be in a general French dictionary without a notation to that affect. I also asked French friends on St. Martin what they thought it meant in English and they said turmoil.

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: january] #65326 08/25/2015 09:51 AM 08/25/2015 09:51 AM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 288 J jimnjudy Traveler
jimnjudy Traveler J Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 288	Thank you scubaman for an interesting read on the history of Tintamarre. our history goes back to the times when we could go there...dig around and find "special" mud to rub on our bodies and pretend we were in a high priced spa. We miss those day outings.

Re: Interesting read about Tintamarre [Re: jimnjudy] #65327 08/25/2015 10:02 AM 08/25/2015 10:02 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,724 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler
Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 82,724 Central Florida!	The ban on taking mud from Tintamarre is pretty recent. I'm sure there are a lot of folks here that miss that 'spa' experience, both long time visitors and relative newbies. The article is very interesting though! Carol Hill

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