Re: Maya Angelou died (28-5-2014)

Fri, 31 May 2024 16:55:18 +0200: Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com>
scribeva:

On 2024-05-31 07:50:03 +0000, Athel Cornish-Bowden said:
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On 2024-05-30 18:47:03 +0000, Christian Weisgerber said:
 

On 2024-05-30, Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

No. "Cornish" is not a Cornish name: what would be the point of callig
someone Cornish if everyone around is Cornish. The name is much more
common in Devon, just as "Devenish" is more common in Somerset than it
is in Devon.

 
I used to know María Teresa Miras Portugal (until she died): she was
Spanish, not Portuguese.

 
Actress Cécile de France is Belgian.

 
Indeed. I didn't think of her, but I knew she was Belgian.

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An even more prominent example is François Hollande: he is not Dutch,
but is French.

Yes. And Friedrich Engels wasn't English (in Dutch: Engels), but
German.
https://rudhar.com/lingtics/hollande.htm
Frans Duijts is a Dutch singer who has two language names in his name:
French and German, in Dutch: Frans and Duits (the Duijts in his name
can be interpreted as an older spelling variant).

Meanwhile, Luís Montenegro has become the prime-minister of Portugal.
As I wrote somewhere, it would be nice if someone with the surname
Portugal could become prime minister of Montenegro (Crna Gora).

--
Ruud Harmsen, https://rudhar.com