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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: Bootcamp
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 12:44:06 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-06-07, Arne Vajh�j <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> On 6/7/2025 3:24 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 17:06:31 +1000, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:
>>> ... just what went down at Malmo?
>> 
>> I think that?s either ?Malm�? or ?Malm�?, depending on which side of the
>> �resund (or is that �resund?) you?re on ...
>
> It is �resund in Danish and �resund in Swedish, but it may be
> most correct to use Malm� and �resund, because Sweden got the
> city from Denmark in 1658 (due to cold weather!!!!), but the
> waterway stayed with Denmark (and Denmark collected tax from
> ships sailing through until 1857).
>

$ set response/mode=good_natured

Us crazy Europeans and the fact we refuse to restrict ourselves to
using good old 7-bit US ASCII. :-)

What is interesting is how some same word spellings are pronounced
differently depending on which European country you are in.

Simon.

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Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.