Thread:CGT dk/@comment-258494-20160302232317/@comment-258494-20160308145747

Ozcaro, when I was ten, I went to France. When people there asked where I was from, I said "Georgia". In France, they said "Georgee" or "Georghey" (not everyone even had the same pronunciation). In my mind, they were "wrong"..."it's Georgia!", I said.

Now, looking back, I realize that I was wrong. They were not speaking in English; they were speaking in French. The point was, in the French-speaking language, their pronunciations were correct, not how the native English people pronounced it.

Ok, now flip that 180 degrees. If this is the ENGLISH version of Arne/Aarne,  it's not the Danish...it's the English. We need to conform to how it should be in English.

But then the issue becomes: what if authorities differ? We could say "Aarne (also transcribed Arne)".

Thoughts?

Ryoung122 (talk) 14:57, March 8, 2016 (UTC)