Stone Arabia is a piece of wordplay in German. Since the land was full of turnip-sized stones it was jokingly referred to as "stein rube" [u-umlaut] also expressed as "stein ruebe." Given that distinctly German pronunciation of the u-umlaut just imagine how a frustrated English-speaker would render the curious sound and you'll have "Stone Arabia" D Anderson |((| David & Delande Anderson |))| Bethune-Thompson House (estd. 1784) |((| Glengarry County |))| Williamstown, ON K0C 2J0 Canada |((| 613 347-7192 |))| Rev John Bethune (1751-1815) |((| David Thompson (1770-1857) mapmaker