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by **MCC** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:24 am

Londres
Londra
Londyn
Lontoo

Why cannot "London" be included in the list above :?:

MCC

by **tarek** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:51 am

TAR€K

by **MCC** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:22 pm

tarek wrote:TAR€K

Nothing to do with the Euro.

The E.U. is another matter.

MCC

by **Cec** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:39 pm

Each of the four words mean "London" in the following countries:

Londres..... France, Spain, Portugal and Catalonia

Londra.......Albania, Italy, Romania and Turkey

Londyn ......Czechozlavakia and Slovakia

Lontoo .......Finland

The word "London" can't be included in the list because it isn't a translation of this word in another country.

Haven't figured out the clue as to what "E.U." means though.

Cec

by **Cec** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:01 pm

I'm in unfamiliar territory here but all these countries seem to be in Europe so does "E.U." stand for European Union?

Cec

by **MCC** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:19 pm

Cec wrote:Each of the four words mean "London" in the following countries:

Londres..... France, Spain, Portugal and Catalonia

Londra.......Albania, Italy, Romania and Turkey

Londyn ......Czechozlavakia and Slovakia

Lontoo .......Finland

The word "London" can't be included in the list because it isn't a translation of this word in another country.

The above is true.

The fact that it was London I chose doesn't matter, I could have choosen:

Praag
Prag
Prago
Prague
Prog

Why cannot "Praha" be included in the list above

It is one word I'm after, which discribes why "London" or "Praha" cannot be included in their respective lists.

Cec wrote:Haven't figured out the clue as to what "E.U." means though.

E.U. does mean European Union, but don't bother with this line of inquiry.

MCC

by **underquark** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 5:13 pm

Because it isn't a destination from that airport?

by **tarek** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:32 pm

MCC wrote:Why cannot "Praha" be included in the list above

It is one word I'm after, which discribes why "London" or "Praha" cannot be included in their respective lists.[/quote]

A word which means a NAME that is the same but with different spellings in other languages..........

So is it like Peter, Pietro & Boutros ???

tarek

by **Cec** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:23 am

tarek wrote:"...A word which means a NAME that is the same but with different spellings in other languages......"

How about "Exonym"?

Cec

by **tarek** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 12:47 am

Cec wrote:How about "Exonym"?

Excellent Cec, That to me sounds like the correct answer....

indeed the 2 lists above are exonyms while London & Praha are endonyms........

tarek

by **MCC** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:52 am

I don't what Cec is on but he seems to be reading my mind at the moment.

I would have accepted "Exonym" or "Endonym".

As explained by tarek - The lists are examples of "Exonyms", London & Praha are "Endonyms".
An exonym is a name for a place that is not used within that place by the local inhabitants, or a name for a people that is not used by that people. The name used by the people or locals themselves is an endonym or autonym.
So, well done Cec.

MCC

by **Cec** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 9:46 am

MCC wrote:I don't know what Cec is on but he seems to be reading my mind at the moment....
...I would have accepted "Exonym" or "Endonym".

Without the wikipedia search link I wouldn't have known what "Exonym" or "Endonym" meant.

As to what I'm on I never have more than one glass a day except when I break it!

Cec

by **udosuk** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:17 am

Well done Cec, excellent job!

Would you sell me a bottle of whatever you were on?

Hopefully the national domestic postage would be affordable! :!:

by **Cec** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:01 pm

udosuk wrote:"...Would you sell me a bottle of whatever you were on? ...."

Thanks udosuk..by the look of MCC's #27 riddle I think I'll keep to Diet Coke

Cec

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