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Re: CHAT: geographical nomenclature [was Re: Language of Tetril]

From:Padraic Brown <agricola@...>
Date:Friday, December 14, 2001, 21:54
Am 13.12.01, Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:

> Quoting Padraic Brown <agricola@...>:
> > On the other hand, _noone_'s ever heard of any of those other towns! > > Ahem. Apparently you live in a state without one.
Actually, I found out recently that we have a Hollywood.
> But at any rate, it's not like people will usually be confused > when you refer to the bare city name. Context, usually, is enough > to distinguish which city is meant. It's just that it's sometimes > helpful to make a distinction, and so the distinction is made.
Largely agreed. I simply find it foolish that, when newscasters are reading a story about, say, restoration of the Eifel Tower, they add "France" to the city's name. Padraic. -- Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.

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