Re: [Cz-L] Chernivtsi or Czerowitz?

In the foreseeable future " Czernowitz " will disappear from the
  conversant vocabulary..
   As Sparta and Carthago .
    Due to some unavoidable biological facts.
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "David Glynn" <glynn_at_spontini.co.uk>
Cc: <IrisJune11_at_aol.com>; "czernowitz-l" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Chernivtsi or Czerowitz?

> In all languages people refer to cities by the name, any particular city
> has in that language. In English, if I speak of Rome Italy, I do not say
> "Roma".
> If I speak of Jerusalem, I do not say "Yerushalayim".
>
> A Ukrainian speaking or writing in Ukrainian is perfectly correct to
> refer
> to "our" Czernowitz as "Chernivtsi".
>
> Mimi

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