I grew up in Denmark's 2nd largest city, Århus.
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I grew up in Denmark's 2nd largest city, Århus.
But strangely, Denmark no longer has a city by that name.
Århus was originally named Aros from 700-1406, when the city name changed to Aarhus. But in 1948 Denmark had a spelling reform where the character Å was introduced to represent Aa, and Aarhus became Århus.
However, because of international tourism and events, the city council decided to revert to the old name Aarhus in 2010, making it easier to spell internationally without the Å.
@randahl Oh c'mon, we have all learned about Ångström (the unit if not the guy) in physics and chemistry classes.
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@randahl As a Brit, I am shocked and appalled that someone would choose to rename a city to follow modern pronunciation guidelines or make it easier for foreigners to read.
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@randahl @GeePawHill no worries. There’s plenty of buildings in DK with no covered outdoor space. I was just reminded by my latest conference trip which was Bologna this May. A 35+ heatwave is a lot more pleasant when the buildings overhang the walkways and the streets are too narrow to let the sun reach the tarmac.
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To make this even more confusing, in Danish a river is called an å, and because Århus had a river named Århus Å, that river is now called Aarhus Å, not Aarhus Aa.
@randahl Curiously, the roads between Randers and Aarhus still carry the old names Århusvej and Gl. Århusvej.
We don't play silly renaming games up here in the mighty north
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I grew up in Denmark's 2nd largest city, Århus.
But strangely, Denmark no longer has a city by that name.
Århus was originally named Aros from 700-1406, when the city name changed to Aarhus. But in 1948 Denmark had a spelling reform where the character Å was introduced to represent Aa, and Aarhus became Århus.
However, because of international tourism and events, the city council decided to revert to the old name Aarhus in 2010, making it easier to spell internationally without the Å.
@randahl ....why they did that. That makes no sense.
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To make this even more confusing, in Danish a river is called an å, and because Århus had a river named Århus Å, that river is now called Aarhus Å, not Aarhus Aa.
@randahl are aa and å pronounced exactly the same in Danish?
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I grew up in Denmark's 2nd largest city, Århus.
But strangely, Denmark no longer has a city by that name.
Århus was originally named Aros from 700-1406, when the city name changed to Aarhus. But in 1948 Denmark had a spelling reform where the character Å was introduced to represent Aa, and Aarhus became Århus.
However, because of international tourism and events, the city council decided to revert to the old name Aarhus in 2010, making it easier to spell internationally without the Å.
In times of #Unicode this doesn't seem necessary anymore. Non-Danish speakers wouln't know how to pronounce it correctly anyway, whether ist Århus or Aarhus.
Non-Germans also regularly stumble over äöüß, sometimes mixing up ß with B or β.
The same happens with éèê, as well as şğ and others.
Let alone other scripts like Arabic, Cyrillic or East Asian scripts.
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I grew up in Denmark's 2nd largest city, Århus.
But strangely, Denmark no longer has a city by that name.
Århus was originally named Aros from 700-1406, when the city name changed to Aarhus. But in 1948 Denmark had a spelling reform where the character Å was introduced to represent Aa, and Aarhus became Århus.
However, because of international tourism and events, the city council decided to revert to the old name Aarhus in 2010, making it easier to spell internationally without the Å.
@randahl Wasn’t it the European capital of culture a few years back?
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@randahl Wasn’t it the European capital of culture a few years back?
@masek @randahl yes in 2017. Was there 2 years ago. Really lovely city. Visited among other things the new city hall, art museum and their university campus. Focus was on architecture and city development.
Very interesting city. I extremely liked the new city hall for various reasons. Less for its general appearance, but the use and interior.
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To make this even more confusing, in Danish a river is called an å, and because Århus had a river named Århus Å, that river is now called Aarhus Å, not Aarhus Aa.
Aah.
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@masek @randahl yes in 2017. Was there 2 years ago. Really lovely city. Visited among other things the new city hall, art museum and their university campus. Focus was on architecture and city development.
Very interesting city. I extremely liked the new city hall for various reasons. Less for its general appearance, but the use and interior.
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To make this even more confusing, in Danish a river is called an å, and because Århus had a river named Århus Å, that river is now called Aarhus Å, not Aarhus Aa.
@randahl those folks have way too much time on their hands
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@smagnussen @randahl C'mon, Aabenraa clearly doesn't even know where to put the double-A.
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I grew up in Denmark's 2nd largest city, Århus.
But strangely, Denmark no longer has a city by that name.
Århus was originally named Aros from 700-1406, when the city name changed to Aarhus. But in 1948 Denmark had a spelling reform where the character Å was introduced to represent Aa, and Aarhus became Århus.
However, because of international tourism and events, the city council decided to revert to the old name Aarhus in 2010, making it easier to spell internationally without the Å.
@randahl /wi doʊnt nid spɛlɪŋ r∂fɔrm ⋅ wi nid ælfəbɛt r∂fɔrm/
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