Re: [GZG] New NSL ship naming...?

[Robert N Bryett <rbryett@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm calling for suggestions for NAMES for the new-construction NSL  
> that are currently on the slips - ones that sound good for the NSL  
> feel of Austro-Prussian Military, but don't clash with the old  
> design names.

I don't know where to look to see if it's already been used, but  
you've *got* to find room for probably the greatest of all the  
Hapsburg generals: Prinz Eugen (AKA Prince Eugene of Savoy, Principe  
Eugenio di Savoia and Prinz Eugen von Savoyen). A heavy cruiser or  
battlecruiser would suit his fast-moving, hard-hitting style. As far  
as I know, he's the only person after whom *four* navies have named  
warships: The British monitor HMS Prince Eugene, the Austro-Hungarian  
battleship Prinz Eugen, the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and the  
Italian light cruiser Eugenio di Savoia.

> In college, I had a friend who hated the way 'mericans said  
> Napoleon, but
> he never took the effort to say Eth-pan-ya for France's neighbor.  
> *shrug*

Personally I'm all in favour of Anglicisations (or rather "local"  
names generally, after all the French call London "Londres" and  
England "Angleterre". It seems particularly stupid to worry about  
changing the spelling of foreign place names, but still pronounce  
them incorrectly. As my Chinese friends point out, what was the point  
of changing from Peking to Beijing and then pronouncing it  
incorrectly as "Beige-ing" (like pretty much any news-anchor in the  
English-speaking world)?

Best regards, Robert Bryett.
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