Re: pictish

En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

>
> Well, exactly; that shows the influence of French Rationalism.  After
> all,
> you don't go about looking for the counterpart of the Eiffel Tower in
> London,
Well, maybe not in London, but well in Tokyo ;))) (yes, I've already heard more
than once the Tokyo Tower being called "the Eiffel Tower of Tokyo ;))) ).

 or the name "Christophe Grandsire" in English.  :-)
>
Actually, I see those things happening all the time (or else why would all
those stands of "writing your name in Chinese" be so popular? :)) ). Germans
like French are very good at those overtranslations ;)) .

Christophe.

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