Sujet : Re: Bootcamp
De : clubley (at) *nospam* remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon Clubley)
Groupes : comp.os.vmsDate : 10. Jun 2025, 19:26:51
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On 2025-06-09, Arne Vajhøj <
arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
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What is weird is that in English many cities got very different
spelling of names than in their native language - more different
than what is warranted by differences in alphabets.
>
København - Copenhagen
München - Munich
Köln - Cologne
Firenze - Florence
etc.
>
And then there's the city which couldn't decide what it should be called,
so they stuck both the French and German versions in the name. That's the
kind of "solution" our civil servants would be proud of. :-)
Simon.
PS: Biel/Bienne for those who did not get the reference.
PPS: And yes, I know the location and history of Biel/Bienne is unusual. :-)
-- Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFPWalking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
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