Salonika

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by Palaiologos
Hmmm...

I am the only Greek as far as i know.

What's MarkG, chopped liver?

[Palaiologos]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk




What's MarkG, chopped liver?

i misunderstood. I thought he was speaking for the particular thread.

[Palaiologos]

Re: Re: New off-Topic thread

Originally posted by Ancyrean



To give you a clue, this morning it snowed slightly in town and people I know were complaining it got this cold...Not as bad as last year though, it snowed so unusually heavy last year, Thes/niki was all in white for a couple of days, they told me it was for the first time it snowed like this in quite some years Also a small detail, also this morning I saw passing by the Exhibition area, one of the Greek flags at the enterance of the area broke free from its mast in one corner because of heavy wind I guess, unless they are quick to fix it, it can fly free in the next strong wind. I think this can make up for my adress...I apologise for taking up space here with this but I guess I'm still within the confines of the title of this thread



This much is true, I still have a few postings as of now

It is true thre was snowing last night. Exhibition area?

You mean the international ekthesis? I did not go there this morning but i believe you.

I will keep an eye on you however..

What is the street passing outside the Ekthesis called?

[Ancyrean]

Re: Re: Re: New off-Topic thread

Originally posted by Palaiologos

What is the street passing outside the Ekthesis called?

I guess on one side it's Egnatia, on the other, facing White Tower, Leoforos Stratou, just before Tsimiski.

Btw, speaking of city names, the name of the second city of Ottomans in PtW is misspelt as 'Edrine'. The correct name is Edirne. (My hunch is that Palaiologos renames the city as Adrianopolis anyway-the ancient name of the city- after he takes it in games that he encounters Ottomans )

Also, the name Salonika is not the Turkish name used for the city (it's Selanik, in Turkish). I mean, Salonika was the name used by the Western countries during the time when the city was part of the Ottoman Empire. I still see the name Salonika around as a denizen of Thessaloniki, for example an insurance company here is called 'Inter-Salonika'.

So I think some credit should be given to Firaxis, from the standpoint of those who are very sensitive in issues like this, that they didnt put 'Selanik' as the name for the city in question in the Ottoman civ.

For the record, the Greek civ is one of my favourites in Civ3, I often play as Greeks (I rename nothing, again for the record, including Thessaloniki)...Hoplite is an excellent unit whose place is now challenged, among others, by Numidian Mercs...Still, both the Hoplite and Num. Mercs have their own merits

[sabrewolf]

we've had a few threads before about correct naming of the cities. it's not just turkish names, also most other (e.g. wrong: romA correct: romE, munich --> münchen, cologne --> köln)
in the opinion of the majority, city names shouldn't be anglified. only convert the foreign letters into the equivalent in english (not everyone's computer supports babylonian rune script or egyptian symbols ).

[Mad Mariner]

in the opinion of the majority, city names shouldn't be anglified. only convert the foreign letters into the equivalent in english (not everyone's computer supports babylonian rune script or egyptian symbols ).

My computer is so archaic i think it came with a hieroglyphical key board so i wouldnt mind this

[Turk Man]

why do we keep talking on the crap of topic

[Azeem]

There hasn't been any explosion of racist or inflamatory comments lately and it is best that any such things be avoided.
While you're here, Turk Man, how about we avoid this thread, let it collect dust, and talk about CivIII?

[Switch]

Speaking of keeping this on topic (and avoiding the fate of the ill-fated CivIV thread).....can anyone link me to a scenario which has the porper, unanglicized city names? Thanks in advance.

[Master Zen]

Encyclopaedia Britannica...

Some of those cities are too damn old to know if their name has been anglicized. Well, I guess I'm not that versed in ancient history. I think such a thing has not been done so far. Wish to be the first?

[Turk Man]

ok, i will stop for now !