Re: Qu'est-ce qu'un champ ?

joye a écrit:

On 10/2/2023 1:55 AM, Valcarus wrote:
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D'ailleurs, je voudrais bien savoir pourquoi l'on dit "South Carolina" mais "Southern California". La nuance m'échappe.

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South Carolina est un État particulier. Southern California indique une région de la Californie (où se trouve San Diego parmi d'autres villes).

D'accord. J'ai trouvé une réponse web qui rejoint votre idée:
"South (and also North, East and West) are precise definitions. For example, the border between South Korea and North Korea is very exact. South Carolina and North Carolina are two different states, with a line separating them.
Southern, northern and so on usually describe a more vague geographical area. The term  'southern France' , for example, loosely refers to the area starting somewhere in the middle of the country and heading southwards. Different people may have different interpretations of where an area described as 'southern France' might begin.
NB The terms Southern and Northern Hemisphere may be seen as an exception."