On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:21:34 +0000, Bruce
wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:00:02 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:
And then there's "Bayern Munich", which has never made *any* sense to
me, as it's only half an Anglicisation.
Possibly because too many people knew what and where Munchen/Munich
was but not enough knew what "Bayern" was ?
That's probably because British people (mostly football fans) couldn't
work out what Bayern meant, whereas they nearly all knew that München
(or Muenchen) was Munich. So they translated the familiar word and
left the unfamiliar one alone.
Plus, "Bavarian Munich" doesn't scan. ;-)
Back in the glory days of the Liverpool FC's European Cup exploits,
Liverpool fans had a particular favourite in Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The Scouse accent is perfect for pronouncing this - there was no need
for any translation into English. ;-)