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...

National Symbol: a flat cap above two crossed ferrets....
Not to mention that traditional war cry of "Ecky Thump!"......

;-)

Jon (GZG)
>
>Phil, reaching for the solvent to unstick tongue from cheek... <g>
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