Re: And in Denmark too? (was: Conlang meeting in Nederlands (Irina/Boud, Rob, Maarten, Christophe))

> Date:         Sat, 3 Nov 2001 00:34:41 -0800
> From: SuomenkieliMaa <suomenkieli@...>
>
> --- Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:
> > [John Cowan:]
> > > That would be Cheapinghaven, er, Copenhagen.>
> > That's Cheapmanhaven to you, my friend. Mercatorum portus, old
> > style.
>
> Sorry, but I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not. From the
> looks, Cheapmanhaven - town of the cheap man?? Or is it truly an old
> Danish word?
That was a dig at John Cowan, who leapt at an assumption about the
cognacy of the city name. And missed. See his own post for further
explanation.

The old Danish form is kiopmannahafn.

> > However, on the assumption that SuomenkieliMaa meant to write CPH,
> > that being a more natural place for a stopover with SAS, I can
> > only say that he's welcome to meet the natives here as well.
>
> Lars, that would be great! As I explained, though, I'll be
> accompanied by my Japn friend. Can you email me privately to
> suomenkieli@yahoo.com and vaarasaarinen@docomo.ne.jp so we can plan
> it? I still need to consider when to meet the Dutch members!
No problem. But we might consider making an occasion of it, and coax
over some people from the south of Sweden. BPJonsson, that means you!

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)

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