Talk:Campobello Island

FDR
Where was FDR born. This article seems to say that he was born on Campobello Island, but the Wikipedia biographical article on FDR says that he was born at Hyde Park ? 68.90.168.171 (talk) 06:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC) Nelson
 * FDR Junior was born on Campobello Island. FDR Senior (The President) was not born on Campobello Island. Read it carefully. Flibirigit (talk) 07:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Roosevelt sale to Hammers
The article is confusing about the sale by Elliott Roosevelt to the Hammer brothers. The article says he sold it in 1952 and they owned it until 1952. Wbkelley (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I wonder if the author of the article meant that the Hammers owned the island until 1962? This would make sense--it was the year of Eleanor Roosevelt's death (they had allowed her to visit) and the park apparently was established in 1964 and dedicated in 1966, which seems a reasonable timetable. Rontrigger (talk) 20:04, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Origin of name
The reference to Lord William Campbell as the namesake of Campobello is unsourced. On the face of it, an equally likely explanation is that "campo" means "field" or "countryside" in Italian, and "campo bello" means "beautiful field" or "beautiful countryside" just as it does in the names of two Sicilian towns. Is there a source for the Campbell version?

Also, though I haven't changed it pending clarification of the Campbell attribution, it would be better to say that "bello" means "beautiful" in Italian (as well as in Spanish, though pronounced differently) instead of saying it's derived "from the French, Spanish and Italian origins" of "beautiful": "Bello" isn't French at all (though "belle" would be), and "beautiful" is most closely related not to Italian or Spanish but to the French "beauté" plus the Germanic suffix "-ful." Wbkelley (talk) 02:12, 23 April 2009 (UTC)


 * You're nitpicking on the last point. Modern French "beauté" was "belté" in Old French, from the Latin "bellitas". 70.48.112.199 (talk) 10:59, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

campobello school
this school on campobello has such a good program i love it here on the island and the school is grate we do a lot of activities such as sports we nay not have a lot to pike from but it is still fun here at campobello island consolidates school! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.196.127 (talk) 14:16, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

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