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Nov 9, 2009, 6:21 am

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Mr H

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Originally Posted by sipes23

And the whole Latin thing isn't too rough. Just keep in mind that Cologne (or Köln) is Colonia in Latin. Or that Copenhagen (or København) is Hafnia in Latin. Confoederatio Helvetica is why Switzerland is sometimes abbreviated CH. Nothing too hard about it, but then I deal with Latin every day for work.

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