From: Billie W. <bil...@sw...> - 2011-08-20 02:48:34
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On 08/19/2011 08:03 AM, Peter Kidd wrote: > On 19 August 2011 13:49, Tom Hughes<to...@co...> wrote: >> On 19/08/11 13:02, Peter Kidd wrote: >> >>> May I suggest that instead of the word "city" (which in England is >>> distinguished from a "town" by the fact that it has a cathedral) >> >> That was only true prior to 1907 actually. The criteria now are, to quote >> wikipedia, that it "is a town which has been known as a city since time >> immemorial, or which has received city status by letters patent". > > > That may technically be true, but it does not alter the fact that in > some countries words like "hamlet, "village", "town" and "city" can > have specific and *different* meanings, which potentially makes it a > bad idea to call all of them "city". > > Surely it is less inaccurate to call a large city a "settlement" > (which is technically correct), than to call a tiny rural village > consisting of three cottages a "city" (which is incorrect by almost > any definition)?! > > Peter How about "Populated Place"? -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ |