[Leica] Several thousand miles off topic. Kirimati or whatever...

[neil.beddoe at raidllp.com (Neil Beddoe)]

Brian's Friday opening notice said:

Kirimati is pronounced "Kee-ree-mass" and Kiribati is
prounced "Kee-ree-bus". 

To me it's "keereematee" and "keereebatee".  Why it should offend anyone
how other people pronounce the name of their country in a different
language is beyond me.  I'm firmly in the "Bombay" and "Peking" camp.
Nobody insists that English speakers say "Roma", "Paree", "Munchen",
"Moskva" or "Espanya" unless they are talking in the language of the
country.  It is a matter of no importance to me that my home nation is
habitually called "Wales" instead of "Cymru".  Similarly you don't get
many indignant letters to the newspapers in outrage at the French use of
"Londres" or "Ecosse".  Since I am highly unlikely to attempt to ask
directions of a Kiribatian then I'll happily use the phonetic
pronunciation so that when I mention it, people can look at an atlas and
say "oh yeah, that island there".

It's Friday and I need to let off steam.

Neil

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