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Hi I'm Amy, I come from Caerdydd (ki-er-deethe) its the proper (Welsh) name for Cardiff in Wales. Only 300, 000 people speak Welsh but anglicising all the city and town names doesn't help us preserve the language!

Melissa said... I've often wondered that myself. Torino sounds so much cooler than Turin. In fact, alot of city names sound better in their own language.Let's start a movement indeed!

BikerMomma said... Amen about that! My parents are both Italian, so it was actually physically painful for me to hear the city referred to as "Turin".Sign me up for the movement!

Anonymous said... actually... The region you are referring to are called "Piedmont"... Check out the Italian Tourist Board at http://www.italiantourism.com/Another town we sholuld start pronounce the correct way: København, the capital of Denmark Greetings from Norway