City Names

[M. Lynne Murphy]

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>From: Amy Speed <speed at PARADIGMTECH.COM>
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>Then there's always J-burg and the Cape.

Well, the Cape isn't actually the city Cape Town--it's the Cape region.  In
the new provincial map, particularly the Western Cape province, which
includes Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope (which is a bit down the
coast).

Now that I think about it, I think the South African tendency for clipping
may come from the British, but the adding of -s onto the things that they
clip might be an Afrikaans influence.  Can any British folk comment on the
-s?

Lynne