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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: Aachen or Aix
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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 15:51:23 GMT
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In article <5p7v8k$3cl@due.unit.no>,
Jon Kaare Hellan <hellan@vier.idi.ntnu.no> wrote:
>In article <5p61am$401$3@o.online.no>,
>Marius Svenkerud  <aaks@online.no> wrote:
>>Ralph M Jones <rmjones@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>>
>>>What is the Norwegian word for "Copenhagen"? Is there just one such word
>>>used by all Norwegians?
>>
>>Norwegians always use the local names of places in other Scandinavian 
>>countries. Thus, the word is Kbenhavn (K+slashed o+). It is however 
>>pronounced in another way: [:b@n'havn].
>>
>>As I stated earlier, it seems impossible to find out exactly when one 
>>stopped using "Florens" (Florence, German: Florenz) and "Venedig" 
>>(Venice) and "Rom" (Rome) and started using names that were not borrowed 
>>into Danish from German with some small changes to them due to the Danish 
>>sound system.

It seems simple enough to me:  Look at some earlier world maps.  Keep
going back until the names change.  Even a local library (with several
editions of a Norwegian encyclopaedia) should be sufficient.

>But a good guess might be: After WWII. Things German were a little out
>of favour at that time.
>
>Of course, the hypothesis requires that the names were perceived by
>Norwegians as German. Which seems a little far-fetched. So the
>question remains open.

Certainly, German names for the former eastern territories go out of
fashion as this time,

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