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:::But we don't, certainly we don'ttotally. I am looking at a copy of Hunter Blair's ''Northumbria in the Days of Bede'' as I type, as scholarly a work as one could wish. In it he refers to ''Deira'' rather than ''Yorkshire''; but he refers to York rather than ''Evoracum'' or ''Jorvik''. And I refuse to accept that you would be so perverse, if writing about seventeenth century Australia, to refer to it throughout (rather than mention that it was at the time referred to as) ''Terra Australis Incognita'', ''Eendractsland'', or ''van Diemen's Land''. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 10:53, 25 September 2008 (EDT)
 
:::But we don't, certainly we don'ttotally. I am looking at a copy of Hunter Blair's ''Northumbria in the Days of Bede'' as I type, as scholarly a work as one could wish. In it he refers to ''Deira'' rather than ''Yorkshire''; but he refers to York rather than ''Evoracum'' or ''Jorvik''. And I refuse to accept that you would be so perverse, if writing about seventeenth century Australia, to refer to it throughout (rather than mention that it was at the time referred to as) ''Terra Australis Incognita'', ''Eendractsland'', or ''van Diemen's Land''. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 10:53, 25 September 2008 (EDT)
 
:::look at the books listed at the top of this page. They are major recent publications about Chiang and use that name. It's what scholars, writers and publishers do. So let's use the common English name (like Florence), not the rare names that only experts are likely to recognize like "Firenze" or "van Diemen's Land". [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 11:16, 25 September 2008 (EDT)
 
:::look at the books listed at the top of this page. They are major recent publications about Chiang and use that name. It's what scholars, writers and publishers do. So let's use the common English name (like Florence), not the rare names that only experts are likely to recognize like "Firenze" or "van Diemen's Land". [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 11:16, 25 September 2008 (EDT)
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::::Yes, yes, yes. I have done. I am not arguing about Chiang, or Florence, or Dougal for that matter. I am taking issue with your assertion that historians always use the name contemporary with the period being treated, which is manifestly incorrect. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 11:30, 25 September 2008 (EDT)
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