A very nice Heligoland island!

Brag · 01-09-08, 06:09 PM

I've nejoyed a lot of the GWX sight seeing but never passed close to Heligoland.

U49 · 01-09-08, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brag

I've nejoyed a lot of the GWX sight seeing but never passed close to Heligoland.

If you know the real island, your joy will be even more....

@GWX Devs: FANTASTIC view! I enjoy it every time I pass by.

Schwuppes · 01-09-08, 06:44 PM

btw... its Helgoland, without the "I"

U49 · 01-09-08, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Schwuppes

btw... its Helgoland, without the "I"

You are correct!

And neither "munich" nor "cologne" exist. They are called MÜNCHEN and KÖLN....but *sigh* ... what should we do about it ...?

joegrundman · 01-09-08, 10:10 PM

Well the indian's managed to assert their vernacular pronunciations of Bombay and Calcutta on the rest of the world, and the Turks did with their version of Constantinople, so i dare say you can assert your national spellings on the rest of the world too. If you care enough to, that is.

Personally i like the fact that Milano in English is Milan and in german is Mailand, Venizia is Venice is Venedig etc ..there is history in these different spellings.

I guess I'll have to stop by Heligoland to check it out

bigboywooly · 01-09-08, 11:57 PM

Glad you like it
Tis TigerKatziTatzi's terrain improvement from way back
As the terrain files are huge I could only add the improvement to GWX 2 as the terrain files HAD to be included anyway

Sailor Steve · 01-10-08, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by U49

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Originally Posted by Schwuppes

btw... its Helgoland, without the "I"

You are correct!

And neither "munich" nor "cologne" exist. They are called MÜNCHEN and KÖLN....but *sigh* ... what should we do about it ...?

Well, it does belong to Germany, and their pronunciation and spelling are the correct ones, but the British always called it 'Heligoland', so that is sort of acceptable.

So...is it 'Peiping', 'Peking' or 'Beijing'?:rotfl:

U49 · 01-10-08, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by U49

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Originally Posted by Schwuppes

btw... its Helgoland, without the "I"

You are correct!

And neither "munich" nor "cologne" exist. They are called MÜNCHEN and KÖLN....but *sigh* ... what should we do about it ...?

Well, it does belong to Germany, and their pronunciation and spelling are the correct ones, but the British always called it 'Heligoland', so that is sort of acceptable.

So...is it 'Peiping', 'Peking' or 'Beijing'?:rotfl:

No idea myself :hmm:
Anyone from that area in this forum?
Wikipedia advises "Bejing" as it's native name.... I would gladly use it

Sailor Steve · 01-10-08, 02:18 PM

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So...is it 'Peiping', 'Peking' or 'Beijing'?:rotfl:

No idea myself :hmm:
Anyone from that area in this forum?
Wikipedia advises "Bejing" as it's native name.... I would gladly use it

Of course I was joking. It's gone from the first to the last over the years. As I understand it, it changes depending on the dialect of the party in charge at the time.

01-09-08, 06:09 PM	#1
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