Re: Boreanesian in the Web (was: Why Triggers?)
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 25, 2001, 11:57 |
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En réponse à Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...>:
>
> 3.21 Accepted English forms should be used for foreign placenames. For
> example:
> (examples ending with:) The Hague
>
> So it seems that you write 'The Hague' (not 'Den Haag') but 'the
> Netherlands' ... although what's the Dutch name for the Netherlands?
Nederland, singular, without an article. But the Queen is still called Koningin
der Nerderlanden, implying a former plural form with article.
>
> On the other hand, Australia is proud to have one of the lowest
> population
> densities in the world with a proud 1.5ish people per square kilometre
> and
> a total population of over 19 million.
>
Funny enough, we had a discussion at noon about Australia, and the conclusion
was that there were more kangaroos and sheep in Australia than human begins. I
don't know whether it's true or not though. I'll spare you with the Australian-
and-sheep jokes that followed...
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
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