John Cowan wrote:
> Marco.Cimarosti@icl.com scripsit:
>
>> In Italy people are proud when their cities (e.g. Roma=Rome,
>> Milano=Milan, Torino=Turin) have traditional names in other
>> languages, especially if they are smaller cities with a long history
>> (e.g Mantova=Mantua, Siracusa=Syracuse). On the other hand, people
>> are very disappointed to discover that their cities (e.g. Bologna,
>> Bari, Cagliari, Monza) are called the same abroad, as if they "din't
>> deserve an English name", like small province towns.
>
> How about Livorno = English Leghorn?
Residents of Livorno should be especially proud, since their city has
not only an English name, but an exceptionally silly one at that.
-Doug
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