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

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> And to a native German speaker, 'New Swabian League' sounds plain 
> wrong, as the Swabians are a rather small part of Germanyx 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 see no problem with this, except it would have to be a people's
republic.

People's Republic of Yorkshire Confederacy, anyone.

I am sorry I had a hard day at work!

Neil

> I justify it to my 
> mind with the argument that the negotiations leading to the NSL were
held 
> in the colony city of Neu Schwaben and the League was named after the 
> place.