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    The phonetic alphabetic equivalent of the French “Marcel” is “Madrid” in Spanish. The equivalent of the German “Quelle” is the Italian “Quarto”. How is the German equivalent of the Spanish “Zaragoza” related to an all-purpose bend knot?

    Question #96598. Asked by BRY2K. (Jun 13 08 4:36 AM)


    zbeckabee

    I'll go the first half of the question with:

    ...often the result is a peculiarly English form: Saragossa (Saragosse, Spanish Zaragoza, old Spanish Çaragoça), Geneva (Geneve), Vienna (Vienne, German Wien)...

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    Jun 13 08, 6:16 AM


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