Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Speed, bonny boat....
I've had to get used to the fact that Bombay is now Mumbai, and Peking is Beijing. But why? We still refer to Munich rather than München, and Venice not Venezia. Who decides this stuff? All this was brought to mind by a news item that the Isle of Skye is now to be known as Eilean a' Cheò, which apparently (although it seems not everybody agrees) is its Gaelic name. Hasn't got quite the same ring though, has it? And I can't see it doing much for the tourist trade they so rely on.
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Hi from the Isle of Berneray (population 128), Outer Hebrides, just across the water from the Isle of Skye.
Yes, it’s daft. Was also pushed through very quietly - most people here and on Skye were unaware of it. It isn’t universal, and is more for political ward naming, but … if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
It’ll confuse the German tourists even more.
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