Re: 3 climbers die

"The Reid" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Following up to Stewart Robert Hinsley

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Seville, Saragossa, Coruna, Cordova -

I think Saragossa has/is dying out and i've never seen Cordova,
although I may have just thought it a typo!. (Eyewitness Spain
doesnt use them but does use Seville).

Theres also Catalonia, Andalusia and Castile, dont know why we
dont just change to the correct spelling now we are more familar
with Spanish. Especially as Castilla (cahst-e-ya) is very
different from Castile (cahst-eel) to those familiar with the
spanish alphabet.

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would Coruna/La Coruna be
Galician/Castilian rather than English/Spanish?

Thats "La Coruña" and "A Coruña", english seems to often be
"Corunna".

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In the case of French towns, counterexamples including Dunkirk, Paris
(even if the spelling is the same), Lyons and Marseilles.

not as dramatic as Florence for Firenze though, are they?

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(It's tempting
to blame the absence of English names for French towns on the Norman
conquest.) I count 10 Italian towns with English names, so the
difference may not be so much.

wasnt french the international language when these changes were
going on? I think the Italian "anglicisations" are the same in
french?

But arent all these...as with the case of anglicising of Gaelic and Welsh
names just a misinterpretation of the original speech or writing. So for an
Englishperson not used to a double ll being pronounced more like a j in
spanish, they might read Castilla as KahSteela. It also happens with
English towns when you like at the number that have converted the roman caer
or caester into chester as in Manchester or Worcester.

Following up to Rob Devereux

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But arent all these...as with the case of anglicising of Gaelic and Welsh
names just a misinterpretation of the original speech or writing. So for an
Englishperson not used to a double ll being pronounced more like a j in
spanish, they might read Castilla as KahSteela. It also happens with
English towns when you like at the number that have converted the roman caer
or caester into chester as in Manchester or Worcester.

I imagine that's the large part of it.
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Mike Reid
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