Pressburg = Bratislava in German. Cf. Emeric Pressburger, the film director!
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--On 10 December 2004 17:30 +0000 Trevor Ogden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It is interesting what is happening in Australia, where, for example,
> "Ayres Rock has officially been known as Uluru since it was returned to
> the Anangu, the Aboriginal owners, in 1985" and leased back to the
> Australian government (http://www.auinfo.com/ayres-rock.htm). There is
> an assumption here that the owner chooses the name, and other linguistic
> groups should use it, which we would not accept in Europe or Asia.
>
> Where is Pressburg? I think I read that Churchill was very upset by
> people calling Leghorn Livorno.
>
> Trevor Ogden
>
> At 15:35 10/12/2004, you wrote:
>> But what is Mumbai?
>>
>> I.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.A. Coates"
>> <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 4:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [EPNL] PN Norfolk, part 3 - two queries
>>
>>
>> To those of you who spotted it: yes, I switched in midstream from new
>> names to old ones! It's Friday afternoon. Read Pune and Dhaka.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> --On 10 December 2004 14:24 +0000 "R.A. Coates" <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not absolutely true, of course, to those of us who have seen "English"
>>> names ditched for what are now Caernarfon, Conwy, Ceylon, Beijing,
>>> Mumbai, Poona and Dacca.
>>>
>>> Any tickets for Pressburg?
>>>
>>> Richard
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