Re: OT: Parlez vous Kazakh?

Jan van Steenbergen scripsit:

> German
> still tends to use old German names rather than native ones, albeit to a
> varying extent:
English too, of course: nothing beats Leghorn for Livorno (formerly Ligorno).

--
John Cowan  www.ccil.org/~cowan  www.reutershealth.com  jcowan@reutershealth.com
In might the Feanorians / that swore the unforgotten oath
brought war into Arvernien / with burning and with broken troth.
and Elwing from her fastness dim / then cast her in the waters wide,
but like a mew was swiftly borne, / uplifted o'er the roaring tide.
        --the Earendillinwe