Re: FSE misnomer (what you call where you live)

On 11 Oct 2000 13:22 GMT KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

> [...] name-giving is a quirky and unpredictable process.

> And to a native German speaker, 'New Swabian League' sounds plain 
wrong, as the Swabians are a rather small part of Germany, and I see no 
way a union of Germans, Austrians, etc. could be named after them. 
Rather like calling the NAC the 'New Yorkshire Confederacy'. <

I do wish you hadn't said that, Karl. You *know* Yorkshire considers 
itself head, shoulders, torso and knees above the rest of the UK. Given 
half a chance, that's exactly what they *would* want the NAC to be 
called... Don't go putting ideas into their heads; Free CalTex was bad 
enough; I don't even want to *think* about the Star Ridings of New 
Yorkshire...

Phil, reaching for the solvent to unstick tongue from cheek... <g>
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