Posted by Phil Winterbourne on February 04, 1999 at 13:53:47:
In Reply to: Re: Un-Lake Windermere posted by Bob Hollis on February 02, 1999 at 14:36:25:
This thread reminds me of one of the Terry Pratchet books. The explorers habit of pointing to somthing and asking a native what is is called had led to some interesting place names on translation. for example:
- Mount It's a Mountain You Bloody Fool
- He Doesn't Know What a River Is? River
On the topic of American Tourists a friend of mine in Edinburgh often related the Urban Myth about the American Yourist who remarked that it was very sensible to build the castle next to the railway station : )
(No offence intended to any American readers)