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

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Granted, for a city like "Paris", it may be unnecessary.  But, what
> about if it was a story about an obscure city in France?
Then I guess you'd have to say "France"! Then again, we're not
really talking about places like Sore. That was my point.

> Surely then "France" would be useful,
Yes, indeed. If you don't know where Sore is, then it would be
quite helpful indeed!

> and then where do you draw the line between
> "obscure city" and "famous city"?
Who knows! What's obscure to you may be well known to me.
I think capitals of most West European countries, as well
as some other well known places should be on the "famous"
side of the line.

Certainly, "Kandahar" would have _certainly_ gotten an
", Afghanistan" after it four months ago. Now, it's one
of the most famous cities in the world, and I've _never_
heard ", Afghanistan" after it!

> Besides, there probably *are* people who wouldn't know what country
> Paris is in.  :-(
Yes. There are also people (in the US) who probably don't
know what country their own hometown is in.

Padraic.
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Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.

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