(Irrelevantly, I am vastly amused to learn that the original name translates as "Cove of the Medea", that more recently it was "Cove of Medusas" or "Jellyfish Cove", and only in the last hundred years has the Anglicized "Cove of Meadows" become The Right Name.)
Ever since reading First Folks and Vile Voyageurs* at age eight, whenever I see "L'Anse aux Meadows" my mental reading-voice renders it "Jellyfish Bay". (That book also talks about some of the adventures of the Ericsson family, just enough for this version to sound vaguely familiar at times.)
*The end of the book made it very clear there was supposed to be a sequel, but I've never been able to find it. After a bit of Googling, contrary to what I'd assumed the author did not in fact die before getting a chance to write it (she was 71 at the time, she's now 82 and apparently still alive), so I don't know what's stopped her. (Shame. It's a wonderful book and I'd buy the next one in a heartbeat.)
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Ever since reading First Folks and Vile Voyageurs* at age eight, whenever I see "L'Anse aux Meadows" my mental reading-voice renders it "Jellyfish Bay". (That book also talks about some of the adventures of the Ericsson family, just enough for this version to sound vaguely familiar at times.)
*The end of the book made it very clear there was supposed to be a sequel, but I've never been able to find it. After a bit of Googling, contrary to what I'd assumed the author did not in fact die before getting a chance to write it (she was 71 at the time, she's now 82 and apparently still alive), so I don't know what's stopped her. (Shame. It's a wonderful book and I'd buy the next one in a heartbeat.)