LL-L: "Names" LOWLANDS-L, 21.DEC.1999 (05) [E]

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From: Andries Onsman <A.Onsman at utas.edu.au>
Subject: LL-L: "Names" LOWLANDS-L, 21.DEC.1999 (01) [E]

to Jason and John

In Australia, straits are singular: Bass Strait, Torres Strait,
Investigator Strait, Dundas Strait, etc . The dire ones remain plural.

>On a linguistic point, we tend to use "strait" in the plural, at least in
>speech - Straits of Dover, Straits of Gibraltar - though my old Philip's
>University Atlas has the singular form. The French call the Strait(s) of
>Dover the Pas de Calais (not to be confused with the adjacent Département of
>Pas-de-Calais).

Groetnis
Andrys

Dr Andrys Onsman
Riawunna
Centre for Aboriginal Education
University of Tasmania

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