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2. "Odra" is the original and the true
name of the river.
I doubt this. I would guess, that the original
name was neither Oder nor Odra, but
something completely different. There is
nothing like a true name. This is the same
dispute as for many other placenames
(Macedonia, Sea of Japan, etc.)
This is not directed specifically at you Mirko, but;
The idea that there is "one true name" of /anything/ is a total fallacy. Names
are not intrinsically linked to subjects - all they are, are abstractions
that the human mind uses in order to index and store data connected to the
subject.
So the only "correct" name for a thing in English Wikipedia is what is most
commonly used and recognized by English speakers.
I've already told, that I would not mind, if
we should decide to use the name "Odra".
But I would like to place a decision in our
Naming Conventions, so whenever someone
changes the name again, we can refer him to
that page and simply correct it without
having a new chauvinist outcry.
Mirko.
This is already covered by:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(use_English) and
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(common_names)
Therefore, as already has been explained, Oder and Neisser are the forms we
should use.
--Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
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