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FALSE: Place names are a neutral fact, and using one source without interrogating what it names what and where it draws borders will never cause an incident.
by awkward 9y ago
FALSE: Place names are a neutral fact, and using one source without interrogating what it names what and where it draws borders will never cause an incident.
- theBobBob 9y agoDerry vs Londonderry being one. Its interesting how different publications have different style guide rules to handle it as best as possible. I can't remember which it was, but one had that it would always be called Londonderry first, the Derry for the rest of the article/piece.
- arethuza 9y agoI just noticed that BBC Weather plays safe and goes for "Derry-Londonderry" - I would imagine even that would anger people due to the ordering! http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643736 http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643736
- Sleeep 9y agoWikipedia has a short list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_renaming#Naming_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_renaming#Naming_d...