RE: [OT] CJK -> CJC (Re: Corea?)

From: Marco Cimarosti (marco.cimarosti@essetre.it)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2003 - 11:08:00 EST

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    Michael Everson wrote:
    > At 11:04 +0100 2003-12-17, Marco Cimarosti wrote:
    >
    > >There is reason to rename "Colonia" to "Köln", "Augusta" to
    > "Augsburg",
    > >"Eboraco" to "York", "Provincia" to "Provence", and so on.
    >
    > Nicely said. Subtle irony tends to go over some
    > people's heads on this list though.

    Especially if one forgets an essential "no". :-(
    It should have been "There is NO reason to rename"...

    > Eboraco is called Eabhrac in Irish. :-)

    So, that's who set the bad example in the first place! When the Angles came
    they said: if Britanni can mangle place names, why shouldn't Ingevones? :-)

    Ciao.
    Marco

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