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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
I thought about this while in Italy. I think we can handle saying Italia, and Roma (Rome) and Firenze (Florence) and Venizia (Venice). Why on earth do we need to 'englishize' it? Calgary is Calgary no matter what your native tongue is, just as New York is not Nouveau York or Mesa Arizona isn't Table Arizona.
Just seems stupid to me.
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I don't think this is true. As I remember from taking Italian a few years ago, there was an Italian pronunciation of Calgary, although I can't remember what it was. Calgaria possibly?
PS-No, I'm not thinking of Cagliari.