Michael Everson wrote: > At 11:04 +0100 2003-12-17, Marco Cimarosti wrote: > > >There is reason to rename "Colonia" to "K�ln", "Augusta" to > "Augsburg", > >"Eboraco" to "York", "Provincia" to "Provence", and so on. > > Nicely said. Subtle irony tends to go over some > people's heads on this list though.
Especially if one forgets an essential "no". :-( It should have been "There is NO reason to rename"... > Eboraco is called Eabhrac in Irish. :-) So, that's who set the bad example in the first place! When the Angles came they said: if Britanni can mangle place names, why shouldn't Ingevones? :-) Ciao. Marco
