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  • Dunbarton or Dumbarton

    From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 11 08:38:14 2021
    Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?

    Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?

    Or are they different places?


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  • From John Armstrong@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Dec 11 08:48:40 2021
    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?

    Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?

    Or are they different places?

    Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of
    Dunbartonshire.

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  • From john@21:1/5 to John Armstrong on Sat Dec 11 11:46:28 2021
    On 11/12/2021 09:48, John Armstrong wrote:
    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?

    Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?

    Or are they different places?

    Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of
    Dunbartonshire.


    The explanation is very simple :)

    Just read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbartonshire

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  • From Nigel Reed@21:1/5 to john on Sat Dec 11 21:09:15 2021
    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 11:46:28 +0100
    john <[email protected]> wrote:


    Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of Dunbartonshire.


    The explanation is very simple :)

    Amazing how the Scottish can make something so complicated tho :)


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  • From Steve Hayes@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Dec 14 08:49:52 2021
    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:48:40 +0000, John Armstrong
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?

    Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?

    Or are they different places?

    Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of
    Dunbartonshire.

    Thanks very much.

    It seems that both spellings are used, so it is rather confusing.


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    Web: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com/
    http://hayesgreene.blogspot.com
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  • From John Armstrong@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Dec 14 09:31:54 2021
    On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:49:52 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:48:40 +0000, John Armstrong
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?

    Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?

    Or are they different places?

    Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of >>Dunbartonshire.

    Thanks very much.

    It seems that both spellings are used, so it is rather confusing.

    I would have thought it prevented confusion. One spelling for the
    town, and another for the county.

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  • From Charles Ellson@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Dec 14 23:33:39 2021
    On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:31:54 +0000, John Armstrong
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:49:52 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:48:40 +0000, John Armstrong
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:38:14 +0200, Steve Hayes
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is it Dunbarton or Dumbarton?

    Dunbartonshire or Dumbartonshire?

    Or are they different places?

    Dumbarton is a town, the former county town of the county of >>>Dunbartonshire.

    Thanks very much.

    It seems that both spellings are used, so it is rather confusing.

    I would have thought it prevented confusion. One spelling for the
    town, and another for the county.

    "shire" on the end indicates the latter.

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