morning in Python

Ivan Illarionov ivan.illarionov at gmail.com
Sun May 18 06:09:57 EDT 2008


On Sun, 18 May 2008 11:15:06 +0200, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

> There is also the issue of aliases. Some call it Moscow, some Moskau,
> when it is really called Москва. Of course, the same issue exists for
> states: some call it Kalifornien, others California.

I don't see any issues here. Everybody call it "Moscow" when they speak
English and "Москва" when they speak Russian. Calling it "Москва" or
"Moskva" in English would be simply not correct and confusing.

-- Ivan




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