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Re: [Digital BW] Re: a challenge for the ladies, not OT ;-)

2002-09-04 by Tim Spragens

> "Cataluña", "Sardegna"...does no one speak English anymore: what's wrong with "Catalonia" and "Sardinia"? After all, we don't say "Deutschland" or "Sverige"; nor do we say "Espana" ;-)
> 
> --Mitch/Bangkok

Hear Hear! Hooray for monoculture, on the web and beyond! Is someone
doesn't know the proper English term for a place, they can certainly
look it up! Who's ever heard of Beijing or Mumbai? Where's my
colonial atlas? Why don't these people speak God's own language?

Tim



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Tim Spragens

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