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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Phil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">While I could not follow most of your email, I
did get it that you for some reason disparage the correct spelling of
that Italian city in Campania: the correct spelling is
Napoli.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Naples is a city in Florida, USA.
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Ironically the British, who paved the way for
bastardization of foreign names that did not come trippingly to their tongues,
are much further along in rectifying this than are provincial Americans.
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Just another example, I suppose, of the common
American failing of believing that "our way" is always the best, regardless of
how it is taken by the folks who live in other places in the world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pcc_sr@yahoo.com href="mailto:pcc_sr@yahoo.com">PC</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] Streetcar
pranks</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Naples (Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli] ( listen), Neapolitan:
Napule [ˈnɑːpələ]; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, meaning "new
city") <BR><BR><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples</A><BR><BR>"Naples"
is the title of the above article. It is also clear that "Naples" is
acceptable English while "Napoli" is strictly Italian isn't it.<BR>Napoli is
mispelled compared to Neapolitin, Latin, and Greek as well isn't it. The
article uses "Naples" infinitely more than Napoli.<BR>The latter is used
within a distinctly Italian context, references from Italian or Italy, and
paired with Naples in picture titles.<BR><BR>In the following Url "Napoli" is
listed as a misspelled word isn't it (and your rail banana is on this page if
it displays as it did for me:)<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.spellweb.com/how-do-you-spell/naples">http://www.spellweb.com/how-do-you-spell/naples</A><BR><BR>Others
here have observed this constant bragging of travel and correction of the
alleged failures and dumbness of Americans stems<BR>from an inferiority
complex with roots in the family, most notably a poor relationship with the
father. Strange, they say, because often<BR>such people brag much about
this father.<BR><BR>I find this difficult to accept in some ways; you are a
very accomplished writer who brought us excellent books on the PCC
trolleys<BR>didn't you. I am unaware of other writings; maybe you can
enlighten us. Yet patterns forged as a youngster or youth often rule
for<BR>many decades; such can be difficult to break without an open challenge
so it is
said.<BR><BR><BR>PC<BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>On
Wed, 1/29/14, Fred Schneider <<A
href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">fwschneider@comcast.net</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>... Napoli (or Naples if you want to misspell it into English)
...<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pittsburgh-railways
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